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6:13 NET
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  • New English Translation - “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
  • 新标点和合本 - 因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪, 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - “因为他们从最小的到最大的都贪图不义之财, 从先知到祭司全都行事虚假。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - “因为他们从最小的到最大的都贪图不义之财, 从先知到祭司全都行事虚假。
  • 当代译本 - 因为他们无论尊卑, 个个贪图不义之财; 无论是先知还是祭司, 都行为诡诈。
  • 圣经新译本 - “他们从最小的到最大的, 个个都贪图不义之财; 从先知到祭司, 全都行事诡诈。
  • 现代标点和合本 - “因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪, 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪; 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • New International Version - “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • New International Reader's Version - Everyone wants to get richer and richer, from the least important of them to the most important. Prophets and priests alike try to fool everyone they can.
  • English Standard Version - “For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • New Living Translation - “From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.
  • The Message - “Everyone’s after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in between twist words and doctor truth. My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids, Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’ But things are not ‘just fine’! Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? No, they have no shame. They don’t even know how to blush. There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom and there’s no getting up. As far as I’m concerned, they’re finished.” God has spoken.
  • Christian Standard Bible - For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • New American Standard Bible - “For from the least of them to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
  • New King James Version - “Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.
  • Amplified Bible - “For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for [unfair] gain; And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals deceitfully.
  • American Standard Version - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • King James Version - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • World English Bible - “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • 新標點和合本 - 因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪, 從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 「因為他們從最小的到最大的都貪圖不義之財, 從先知到祭司全都行事虛假。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 「因為他們從最小的到最大的都貪圖不義之財, 從先知到祭司全都行事虛假。
  • 當代譯本 - 因為他們無論尊卑, 個個貪圖不義之財; 無論是先知還是祭司, 都行為詭詐。
  • 聖經新譯本 - “他們從最小的到最大的, 個個都貪圖不義之財; 從先知到祭司, 全都行事詭詐。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 『因為他們從最小的到至大的、 都一味貪圖不義之財; 從神言人到祭司、都行虛假。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 「因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪, 從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 因其自尊逮卑、咸屬貪婪、先知祭司、俱行虛誕、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 自尊逮卑、貪婪無厭、先知祭司、俱言詐偽。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 自老至少、 或作自尊逮卑 俱貪戀不義之財、自先知至祭司、 或作先知與祭司 俱行詭詐、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - »Desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, todos codician ganancias injustas; desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote, todos practican el engaño.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 이것은 그들이 가장 말단에 있는 사람으로부터 가장 높은 자리에 있는 사람까지 모두 물질을 탐하고 심지어 예언자들과 제사장들까지도 거짓된 일을 하고 있기 때문이다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - От малого до великого все они жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священника все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car tous, petits ou grands, sont avides de gains. Tous, du prophète au prêtre, pratiquent la duplicité.
  • リビングバイブル - 彼らは、最も身分の低い者から最も高い者まで、 詐欺師で大うそつきだ。預言者や祭司も同様だ。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - “Desde o menor até o maior, todos são gananciosos; profetas e sacerdotes igualmente, todos praticam o engano.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Sie alle, vom einfachen Volk bis zu den Mächtigen, wollen nur eins: Gewinn um jeden Preis! Auch die Priester und Propheten betrügen das Volk,
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Từ người hèn mọn đến người cao trọng, tất cả chúng đều lo trục lợi cách gian lận. Từ các tiên tri đến các thầy tế lễ đều gian dối lừa gạt.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ตั้งแต่ผู้น้อยที่สุดจนถึงผู้ใหญ่ที่สุด ล้วนโลภมุ่งกำไร พวกผู้เผยพระวจนะและปุโรหิตก็ไม่ต่างกัน ล้วนโกหกหลอกลวง
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “นับ​ตั้งแต่​ผู้​ด้อย​สุด​จน​ถึง​ผู้​มี​อำนาจ​มาก​ที่​สุด ทุก​คน​โลภ​เพราะ​หวัง​ผล​ประโยชน์​ของ​ตน​เอง และ​นับ​ตั้งแต่​ผู้​เผย​คำ​กล่าว​จน​ถึง​ปุโรหิต ทุก​คน​ไม่​ซื่อสัตย์
Cross Reference
  • Jeremiah 2:26 - Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
  • Isaiah 56:9 - All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
  • Isaiah 56:10 - All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
  • Isaiah 56:11 - The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
  • Isaiah 56:12 - Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
  • 2 Peter 2:14 - Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
  • 2 Peter 2:15 - By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
  • Isaiah 28:7 - Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.
  • Micah 2:1 - Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
  • Micah 2:2 - They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
  • Ezekiel 33:31 - They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
  • Luke 16:14 - The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
  • 2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Jeremiah 2:8 - Your priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.
  • Lamentations 4:13 - But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. נ (Nun)
  • Ezekiel 22:12 - They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.
  • 1 Timothy 3:3 - not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
  • Jeremiah 23:14 - But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.
  • Jeremiah 23:15 - So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
  • Jeremiah 32:32 - I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness – they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness.
  • Jeremiah 26:7 - The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord’s temple.
  • Jeremiah 26:8 - Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, “You deserve to die!
  • Ezekiel 22:25 - Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
  • Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
  • Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.
  • Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
  • Isaiah 57:17 - I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
  • Zephaniah 3:3 - Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
  • Zephaniah 3:4 - Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.
  • Jeremiah 14:18 - If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.’”
  • Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
  • Micah 3:2 - yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
  • Micah 3:3 - You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot – like meat in a kettle.
  • Micah 3:5 - This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
  • Jeremiah 22:17 - But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
  • Micah 3:11 - Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
  • Jeremiah 8:10 - So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Jeremiah 23:11 - Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • New English Translation - “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
  • 新标点和合本 - 因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪, 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - “因为他们从最小的到最大的都贪图不义之财, 从先知到祭司全都行事虚假。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - “因为他们从最小的到最大的都贪图不义之财, 从先知到祭司全都行事虚假。
  • 当代译本 - 因为他们无论尊卑, 个个贪图不义之财; 无论是先知还是祭司, 都行为诡诈。
  • 圣经新译本 - “他们从最小的到最大的, 个个都贪图不义之财; 从先知到祭司, 全都行事诡诈。
  • 现代标点和合本 - “因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪, 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 因为他们从最小的到至大的都一味地贪婪; 从先知到祭司都行事虚谎。
  • New International Version - “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • New International Reader's Version - Everyone wants to get richer and richer, from the least important of them to the most important. Prophets and priests alike try to fool everyone they can.
  • English Standard Version - “For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • New Living Translation - “From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.
  • The Message - “Everyone’s after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in between twist words and doctor truth. My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids, Saying, ‘It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.’ But things are not ‘just fine’! Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? No, they have no shame. They don’t even know how to blush. There’s no hope for them. They’ve hit bottom and there’s no getting up. As far as I’m concerned, they’re finished.” God has spoken.
  • Christian Standard Bible - For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • New American Standard Bible - “For from the least of them to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
  • New King James Version - “Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.
  • Amplified Bible - “For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for [unfair] gain; And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals deceitfully.
  • American Standard Version - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • King James Version - For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • World English Bible - “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • 新標點和合本 - 因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪, 從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 「因為他們從最小的到最大的都貪圖不義之財, 從先知到祭司全都行事虛假。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 「因為他們從最小的到最大的都貪圖不義之財, 從先知到祭司全都行事虛假。
  • 當代譯本 - 因為他們無論尊卑, 個個貪圖不義之財; 無論是先知還是祭司, 都行為詭詐。
  • 聖經新譯本 - “他們從最小的到最大的, 個個都貪圖不義之財; 從先知到祭司, 全都行事詭詐。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 『因為他們從最小的到至大的、 都一味貪圖不義之財; 從神言人到祭司、都行虛假。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 「因為他們從最小的到至大的都一味地貪婪, 從先知到祭司都行事虛謊。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 因其自尊逮卑、咸屬貪婪、先知祭司、俱行虛誕、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 自尊逮卑、貪婪無厭、先知祭司、俱言詐偽。
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 自老至少、 或作自尊逮卑 俱貪戀不義之財、自先知至祭司、 或作先知與祭司 俱行詭詐、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - »Desde el más pequeño hasta el más grande, todos codician ganancias injustas; desde el profeta hasta el sacerdote, todos practican el engaño.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 이것은 그들이 가장 말단에 있는 사람으로부터 가장 높은 자리에 있는 사람까지 모두 물질을 탐하고 심지어 예언자들과 제사장들까지도 거짓된 일을 하고 있기 때문이다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - От малого до великого все они жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священника все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все они, от малого до великого, жаждут наживы; от пророка и до священнослужителя – все поступают лживо.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car tous, petits ou grands, sont avides de gains. Tous, du prophète au prêtre, pratiquent la duplicité.
  • リビングバイブル - 彼らは、最も身分の低い者から最も高い者まで、 詐欺師で大うそつきだ。預言者や祭司も同様だ。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - “Desde o menor até o maior, todos são gananciosos; profetas e sacerdotes igualmente, todos praticam o engano.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Sie alle, vom einfachen Volk bis zu den Mächtigen, wollen nur eins: Gewinn um jeden Preis! Auch die Priester und Propheten betrügen das Volk,
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Từ người hèn mọn đến người cao trọng, tất cả chúng đều lo trục lợi cách gian lận. Từ các tiên tri đến các thầy tế lễ đều gian dối lừa gạt.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ตั้งแต่ผู้น้อยที่สุดจนถึงผู้ใหญ่ที่สุด ล้วนโลภมุ่งกำไร พวกผู้เผยพระวจนะและปุโรหิตก็ไม่ต่างกัน ล้วนโกหกหลอกลวง
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “นับ​ตั้งแต่​ผู้​ด้อย​สุด​จน​ถึง​ผู้​มี​อำนาจ​มาก​ที่​สุด ทุก​คน​โลภ​เพราะ​หวัง​ผล​ประโยชน์​ของ​ตน​เอง และ​นับ​ตั้งแต่​ผู้​เผย​คำ​กล่าว​จน​ถึง​ปุโรหิต ทุก​คน​ไม่​ซื่อสัตย์
  • Jeremiah 2:26 - Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
  • Isaiah 56:9 - All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
  • Isaiah 56:10 - All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
  • Isaiah 56:11 - The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
  • Isaiah 56:12 - Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’
  • 2 Peter 2:14 - Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
  • 2 Peter 2:15 - By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
  • Isaiah 28:7 - Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.
  • Micah 2:1 - Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
  • Micah 2:2 - They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
  • Ezekiel 33:31 - They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
  • Luke 16:14 - The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
  • 2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.
  • Jeremiah 2:8 - Your priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.
  • Lamentations 4:13 - But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. נ (Nun)
  • Ezekiel 22:12 - They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.
  • 1 Timothy 3:3 - not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.
  • Jeremiah 23:14 - But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.
  • Jeremiah 23:15 - So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: ‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
  • Jeremiah 32:32 - I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness – they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness.
  • Jeremiah 26:7 - The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord’s temple.
  • Jeremiah 26:8 - Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, “You deserve to die!
  • Ezekiel 22:25 - Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
  • Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
  • Ezekiel 22:27 - Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.
  • Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
  • Isaiah 57:17 - I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.
  • Zephaniah 3:3 - Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
  • Zephaniah 3:4 - Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.
  • Jeremiah 14:18 - If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.’”
  • Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
  • Micah 3:2 - yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
  • Micah 3:3 - You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot – like meat in a kettle.
  • Micah 3:5 - This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
  • Jeremiah 22:17 - But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
  • Micah 3:11 - Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
  • Jeremiah 8:10 - So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Jeremiah 23:11 - Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
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