<p class="poetry">The leaders and the highly respected people<n id="1" /> are the head,p> <p class="poetry">the prophets who teach lies are the tail.p>

<p class="poetry">For your hands are stained with bloodp> <p class="poetry">and your fingers with sin;p> <p class="poetry">your lips speak lies,p> <p class="poetry">your tongue utters malicious words.p>

<p class="poetry">A deceiver&#8217;s methods are evil;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he dreams up evil plans<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to ruin the poor with lies,p> <p class="poetry">even when the needy are in the right.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He feeds on ashes;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his deceived mind misleads him.p> <p class="poetry">He cannot rescue himself,p> <p class="poetry">nor does he say, &#8216;Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">At whom are you laughing?p> <p class="poetry">At whom are you opening your mouthp> <p class="poetry">and sticking out your tongue?p> <p class="poetry">You are the children of rebels,p> <p class="poetry">the offspring of liars,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have rebelled and tried to deceive the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">we turned back from following our God.p> <p class="poetry">We stir up<n id="1" /> oppression and rebellion;p> <p class="poetry">we tell lies we concocted in our minds.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you say,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;We have made a treaty with death,p> <p class="poetry">with Sheol<n id="1" /> we have made an agreement.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">it will not reach us.p> <p class="poetry">For we have made a lie our refuge,p> <p class="poetry">we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>