3:7 The prophets 1 will be ashamed;
the omen readers will be humiliated.
All of them will cover their mouths, 2
for they will receive no divine oracles.” 3
3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family 4 of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation 5 of Israel!
You 6 hate justice
and pervert all that is right.
7:16 Nations will see this and be disappointed by 7 all their strength,
they will put their hands over their mouths,
and act as if they were deaf. 8
1 tn Or “seers.”
2 tn Or “the mustache,” or perhaps “the beard.” Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “cover their lips.”
3 tn Heb “for there will be no answer from God.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10).
7 tn Or “be ashamed of.”
8 tn Heb “and their ears will be deaf.” Apparently this means the opposing nations will be left dumbfounded by the