Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless and treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary; They have done violence to the law [by pretending their word is God’s...

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Amplified Bible - Her prophets are reckless and treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary; They have done violence to the law [by pretending their word is God’s word].
新标点和合本 - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人；她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 它的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 它的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
当代译本 - 她的先知狂妄诡诈，她的祭司亵渎圣殿，违背律法。
圣经新译本 - 城中的先知都是轻浮诡诈的人；城中的祭司亵渎圣物，违犯律法。
中文标准译本 - 她的众先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司们亵渎圣所、践踏律法。
现代标点和合本 - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本（拼音版） - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
New International Version - Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.
New International Reader's Version - Their prophets care about nothing. They can’t be trusted. Their priests make the temple “unclean.” They break the law they teach others to obey.
English Standard Version - Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.
New Living Translation - Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
Christian Standard Bible - Her prophets are reckless — treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.
New American Standard Bible - Her prophets are insolent, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the Law.
New King James Version - Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law.
American Standard Version - Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
King James Version - Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
New English Translation - Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.
World English Bible - Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
新標點和合本 - 她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人；她的祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 它的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 它的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
當代譯本 - 她的先知狂妄詭詐，她的祭司褻瀆聖殿，違背律法。
聖經新譯本 - 城中的先知都是輕浮詭詐的人；城中的祭司褻瀆聖物，違犯律法。
呂振中譯本 - 她的神言人是鹵莽詭詐的人；她的祭司褻瀆聖的所在，對禮節規矩橫加蹧蹋。
中文標準譯本 - 她的眾先知是虛浮詭詐的人，她的祭司們褻瀆聖所、踐踏律法。
現代標點和合本 - 她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，她的祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
文理和合譯本 - 其先知輕佻詭詐、其祭司污玷聖所、干犯法律、
文理委辦譯本 - 其先知驕泰誕妄、其祭司污衊聖所、違背法度、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其先知驕傲詭詐、其祭司污衊聖所、干犯律法、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Sus profetas son impertinentes, hombres traicioneros. Sus sacerdotes profanan las cosas santas y violentan la ley.
현대인의 성경 - 예언자들은 경솔하고 믿을 수 없는 자들이요 제사장들은 성소를 더럽히고 율법을 범하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священники оскверняют святыни и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Всевышнего и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Аллаха и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Всевышнего и попирают Закон.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ses prophètes sont insoumis, portés aux trahisons. Ses prêtres ont souillé ╵le sanctuaire , ils ont violé la Loi.
リビングバイブル - エルサレムの預言者たちは自分の利得を求める偽り者だ。祭司たちは律法に背いて、神殿を汚している。
Nova Versão Internacional - Seus profetas são irresponsáveis, são homens traiçoeiros. Seus sacerdotes profanam o santuário e fazem violência à lei.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Propheten sind leichtfertige Betrüger, die Priester entweihen das Heiligtum und legen Gottes Gesetz gerade so aus, wie es ihnen passt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các tiên tri nó kiêu căng, phản trắc. Các thầy tế lễ nó làm nhơ bẩn Đền Thánh và bẻ cong luật pháp.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ส่วนบรรดาผู้เผยพระวจนะก็เย่อหยิ่ง พวกเขาเป็นคนทรยศ เหล่าปุโรหิตลบหลู่สถานนมัสการ และย่ำยีพระบัญญัติ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรดาผู้เผยคำกล่าวของเมืองยโสโอหัง พวกเขาเป็นคนดุร้าย บรรดาปุโรหิตของเมืองดูหมิ่นสิ่งบริสุทธิ์ และพวกเขากระทำผิดต่อกฎบัญญัติ

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2 Peter 2:1 - But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
Micah 2:11 - If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception] Should lie and say, ‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’ He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.
1 Samuel 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all [the people of] Israel, and how they were lying with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).
Ezekiel 13:3 - Thus says the Lord God, “Woe (judgment is coming) to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit [claiming to have seen things] but have [in fact] seen nothing.
Ezekiel 13:4 - O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among the ruins.
Ezekiel 13:5 - You have not gone up into the gaps or breaches, nor built the wall around the house of Israel that it might stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:6 - They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, ‘The Lord says,’ but the Lord has not sent them. Yet they hope and make men to hope for the confirmation of their word.
Ezekiel 13:7 - Did you not see (make up) a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?” ’ ”
Ezekiel 13:8 - Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:9 - “So My hand will be against the [counterfeit] prophets who see (make up) empty and delusive visions and who give lying prophecies. They will have no place in the [secret] council of My people, nor will they be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter into the land of Israel, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:10 - It is definitely because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when one builds a [flimsy] wall, behold, these [lying] prophets plaster it over with whitewash;
Ezekiel 13:11 - so tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall! A flooding rain [of judgment] will come, and you, O [great] hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will tear the wall apart.
Ezekiel 13:12 - Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you [prophets] plastered it?’ ”
Ezekiel 13:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.
Ezekiel 13:14 - So I will tear down the wall which you have plastered with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundations will be exposed; when it falls, you will perish in its midst. And you shall know and understand fully that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:15 - Thus I will expend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with whitewash and I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone,
Ezekiel 13:16 - along with the [false] prophets of Israel who prophesy [deceitfully] to Jerusalem, and who see [false] visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ says the Lord God.
Jeremiah 6:13 - “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.
Jeremiah 6:14 - They have treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ When there is no peace.
Jeremiah 23:32 - Hear this, I am against those who have prophesied false and made-up dreams,” says the Lord, “and have told them and have made My people err and go astray by their lies and by their reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them nor do they benefit and enhance [the life of] these people in the slightest way,” says the Lord.
Hosea 4:6 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will]. Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Hosea 4:7 - The more they multiplied [in numbers and increased in power], the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
Hosea 4:8 - They (the priests) feed on the sin offering of My people And set their heart on their wickedness.
Jeremiah 14:13 - But I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the Lord] will give you lasting peace in this place.’ ”
Jeremiah 14:14 - Then the Lord said to me, “The [counterfeit] prophets are prophesying lies in My Name. I have neither sent them nor authorized them nor spoken to them. They are prophesying to you made-up visions [pretending to call forth responses from handmade gods], a worthless divination and the deceit of their own mind.
Jeremiah 14:15 - Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who are prophesying in My Name, although I did not send them—yet they keep saying, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’: by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end and be consumed.
Matthew 7:15 - “Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Jeremiah 23:9 - Concerning the prophets: My heart [says Jeremiah] is broken within me, All my bones shake; I have become like a drunken man, A man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord And because of His holy words [declared against unfaithful leaders].
Jeremiah 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers (unfaithful to God); The land mourns because of the curse [of God upon it]. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The course of action [of the false prophets] is evil and they rush into wickedness; And their power is not right.
Jeremiah 23:11 - “For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted); Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:12 - “Therefore their way will be to them like slippery paths In the dark; they will be pushed and fall into them; For I will bring disaster on them, In the year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:13 - “And I have seen a foolish and an offensive thing in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.
Jeremiah 23:14 - Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:15 - Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts in regard to the prophets, ‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall], For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’ ”
Jeremiah 23:16 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They are teaching you worthless things and are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own mind and imagination And not [truth] from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:17 - They are continually saying to those who despise Me [and My word], ‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace” ’; And they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No evil will come on you.’
Ezekiel 44:7 - In that you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute and profane it—My house—when you offered My bread, the fat, and the blood; and they made My covenant void —this in addition to all your other repulsive acts.
Ezekiel 44:8 - And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have chosen foreigners [to please yourselves] and have set them in charge of My sanctuary.”
1 Samuel 2:12 - The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the Lord
1 Samuel 2:13 - and the custom of the priests with [the sacrifices of] the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged [meat] fork in his hand;
1 Samuel 2:14 - then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did in Shiloh to all [the sacrifices of] the Israelites who came there.
1 Samuel 2:15 - Also, before they burned (offered) the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat to roast, since he will not accept boiled meat from you, only raw.”
1 Samuel 2:16 - If the man said to him, “ Certainly they are to burn (offer) the fat first, and then you may take as much as you want,” then the priest’s servant would say, “No! You shall give it to me now or I will take it by force.”
1 Samuel 2:17 - So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord disrespectfully.
Jeremiah 27:14 - Do not listen to and believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you;
Jeremiah 27:15 - for I have not sent them,” says the Lord, “but they are prophesying falsely in My Name, in order that I may drive you out and that you may perish, you [together] with the [false] prophets who prophesy to you.”
Jeremiah 8:10 - Therefore I will give their wives to others And their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for [unjust] gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit and deals in corruption.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.
Isaiah 9:15 - The elderly and honorable man, he is the head; And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 56:10 - Israel’s watchmen are blind, They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; Panting, lying down, they love to slumber.
Isaiah 56:11 - And the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unlawful gain, without exception.
Isaiah 56:12 - “Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Lamentations 2:14 - Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your wickedness To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent], But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.
Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?
Micah 3:5 - Thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who lead my people astray; When they have something good to bite with their teeth, They call out, “Peace,” But against the one who gives them nothing to eat, They declare a holy war.
Micah 3:6 - Therefore it will be night (tragedy) for you—without vision, And darkness (cataclysm) for you—without foresight. The sun shall go down on the [false] prophets, And the day shall become dark and black over them.
Jeremiah 23:25 - “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’
Jeremiah 23:26 - How long [shall this state of affairs continue]? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,
Jeremiah 23:27 - who think that they can make My people forget My Name by their [contrived] dreams which each one tells another, just as their fathers forgot My Name because of Baal?
Malachi 2:8 - But as for you [priests], you have turned from the way and you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in the law]. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.
Hosea 9:7 - The days of punishment have come; The days of retribution are at hand; Let Israel know this! The prophet is [considered] a fool; The man [of God] who is inspired is [treated as if] demented, Because of the abundance of your wickedness and guilt, And because your deep antagonism [toward God and the prophets] is so great.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy (sacred) and the profane (secular), they have not taught [people] the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

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交叉引用

Amplified Bible - Her prophets are reckless and treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary; They have done violence to the law [by pretending their word is God’s word].
新标点和合本 - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人；她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 它的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 它的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
当代译本 - 她的先知狂妄诡诈，她的祭司亵渎圣殿，违背律法。
圣经新译本 - 城中的先知都是轻浮诡诈的人；城中的祭司亵渎圣物，违犯律法。
中文标准译本 - 她的众先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司们亵渎圣所、践踏律法。
现代标点和合本 - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
和合本（拼音版） - 她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人，她的祭司亵渎圣所，强解律法。
New International Version - Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.
New International Reader's Version - Their prophets care about nothing. They can’t be trusted. Their priests make the temple “unclean.” They break the law they teach others to obey.
English Standard Version - Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.
New Living Translation - Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
Christian Standard Bible - Her prophets are reckless — treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.
New American Standard Bible - Her prophets are insolent, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the Law.
New King James Version - Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law.
American Standard Version - Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
King James Version - Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
New English Translation - Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God’s laws.
World English Bible - Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
新標點和合本 - 她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人；她的祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 它的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 它的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
當代譯本 - 她的先知狂妄詭詐，她的祭司褻瀆聖殿，違背律法。
聖經新譯本 - 城中的先知都是輕浮詭詐的人；城中的祭司褻瀆聖物，違犯律法。
呂振中譯本 - 她的神言人是鹵莽詭詐的人；她的祭司褻瀆聖的所在，對禮節規矩橫加蹧蹋。
中文標準譯本 - 她的眾先知是虛浮詭詐的人，她的祭司們褻瀆聖所、踐踏律法。
現代標點和合本 - 她的先知是虛浮詭詐的人，她的祭司褻瀆聖所，強解律法。
文理和合譯本 - 其先知輕佻詭詐、其祭司污玷聖所、干犯法律、
文理委辦譯本 - 其先知驕泰誕妄、其祭司污衊聖所、違背法度、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其先知驕傲詭詐、其祭司污衊聖所、干犯律法、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Sus profetas son impertinentes, hombres traicioneros. Sus sacerdotes profanan las cosas santas y violentan la ley.
현대인의 성경 - 예언자들은 경솔하고 믿을 수 없는 자들이요 제사장들은 성소를 더럽히고 율법을 범하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священники оскверняют святыни и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Всевышнего и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Аллаха и попирают Закон.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пророки его ничтожны и вероломны, а священнослужители оскверняют храм Всевышнего и попирают Закон.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ses prophètes sont insoumis, portés aux trahisons. Ses prêtres ont souillé ╵le sanctuaire , ils ont violé la Loi.
リビングバイブル - エルサレムの預言者たちは自分の利得を求める偽り者だ。祭司たちは律法に背いて、神殿を汚している。
Nova Versão Internacional - Seus profetas são irresponsáveis, são homens traiçoeiros. Seus sacerdotes profanam o santuário e fazem violência à lei.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Propheten sind leichtfertige Betrüger, die Priester entweihen das Heiligtum und legen Gottes Gesetz gerade so aus, wie es ihnen passt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các tiên tri nó kiêu căng, phản trắc. Các thầy tế lễ nó làm nhơ bẩn Đền Thánh và bẻ cong luật pháp.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ส่วนบรรดาผู้เผยพระวจนะก็เย่อหยิ่ง พวกเขาเป็นคนทรยศ เหล่าปุโรหิตลบหลู่สถานนมัสการ และย่ำยีพระบัญญัติ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรดาผู้เผยคำกล่าวของเมืองยโสโอหัง พวกเขาเป็นคนดุร้าย บรรดาปุโรหิตของเมืองดูหมิ่นสิ่งบริสุทธิ์ และพวกเขากระทำผิดต่อกฎบัญญัติ

2 Peter 2:1 - But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
Micah 2:11 - If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception] Should lie and say, ‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’ He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.
1 Samuel 2:22 - Now Eli was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all [the people of] Israel, and how they were lying with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).
Ezekiel 13:3 - Thus says the Lord God, “Woe (judgment is coming) to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit [claiming to have seen things] but have [in fact] seen nothing.
Ezekiel 13:4 - O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among the ruins.
Ezekiel 13:5 - You have not gone up into the gaps or breaches, nor built the wall around the house of Israel that it might stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:6 - They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, ‘The Lord says,’ but the Lord has not sent them. Yet they hope and make men to hope for the confirmation of their word.
Ezekiel 13:7 - Did you not see (make up) a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The Lord declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?” ’ ”
Ezekiel 13:8 - Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:9 - “So My hand will be against the [counterfeit] prophets who see (make up) empty and delusive visions and who give lying prophecies. They will have no place in the [secret] council of My people, nor will they be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter into the land of Israel, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord God.
Ezekiel 13:10 - It is definitely because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when one builds a [flimsy] wall, behold, these [lying] prophets plaster it over with whitewash;
Ezekiel 13:11 - so tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall! A flooding rain [of judgment] will come, and you, O [great] hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will tear the wall apart.
Ezekiel 13:12 - Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you [prophets] plastered it?’ ”
Ezekiel 13:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.
Ezekiel 13:14 - So I will tear down the wall which you have plastered with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundations will be exposed; when it falls, you will perish in its midst. And you shall know and understand fully that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:15 - Thus I will expend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with whitewash and I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone,
Ezekiel 13:16 - along with the [false] prophets of Israel who prophesy [deceitfully] to Jerusalem, and who see [false] visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ says the Lord God.
Jeremiah 6:13 - “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.
Jeremiah 6:14 - They have treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ When there is no peace.
Jeremiah 23:32 - Hear this, I am against those who have prophesied false and made-up dreams,” says the Lord, “and have told them and have made My people err and go astray by their lies and by their reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them nor do they benefit and enhance [the life of] these people in the slightest way,” says the Lord.
Hosea 4:6 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will]. Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Hosea 4:7 - The more they multiplied [in numbers and increased in power], the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
Hosea 4:8 - They (the priests) feed on the sin offering of My people And set their heart on their wickedness.
Jeremiah 14:13 - But I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the Lord] will give you lasting peace in this place.’ ”
Jeremiah 14:14 - Then the Lord said to me, “The [counterfeit] prophets are prophesying lies in My Name. I have neither sent them nor authorized them nor spoken to them. They are prophesying to you made-up visions [pretending to call forth responses from handmade gods], a worthless divination and the deceit of their own mind.
Jeremiah 14:15 - Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who are prophesying in My Name, although I did not send them—yet they keep saying, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’: by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end and be consumed.
Matthew 7:15 - “Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Jeremiah 23:9 - Concerning the prophets: My heart [says Jeremiah] is broken within me, All my bones shake; I have become like a drunken man, A man whom wine has overcome, Because of the Lord And because of His holy words [declared against unfaithful leaders].
Jeremiah 23:10 - For the land is full of adulterers (unfaithful to God); The land mourns because of the curse [of God upon it]. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The course of action [of the false prophets] is evil and they rush into wickedness; And their power is not right.
Jeremiah 23:11 - “For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted); Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:12 - “Therefore their way will be to them like slippery paths In the dark; they will be pushed and fall into them; For I will bring disaster on them, In the year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:13 - “And I have seen a foolish and an offensive thing in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.
Jeremiah 23:14 - Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:15 - Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts in regard to the prophets, ‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall], For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’ ”
Jeremiah 23:16 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They are teaching you worthless things and are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own mind and imagination And not [truth] from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:17 - They are continually saying to those who despise Me [and My word], ‘The Lord has said, “You will have peace” ’; And they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No evil will come on you.’
Ezekiel 44:7 - In that you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute and profane it—My house—when you offered My bread, the fat, and the blood; and they made My covenant void —this in addition to all your other repulsive acts.
Ezekiel 44:8 - And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have chosen foreigners [to please yourselves] and have set them in charge of My sanctuary.”
1 Samuel 2:12 - The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the Lord
1 Samuel 2:13 - and the custom of the priests with [the sacrifices of] the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged [meat] fork in his hand;
1 Samuel 2:14 - then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did in Shiloh to all [the sacrifices of] the Israelites who came there.
1 Samuel 2:15 - Also, before they burned (offered) the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat to roast, since he will not accept boiled meat from you, only raw.”
1 Samuel 2:16 - If the man said to him, “ Certainly they are to burn (offer) the fat first, and then you may take as much as you want,” then the priest’s servant would say, “No! You shall give it to me now or I will take it by force.”
1 Samuel 2:17 - So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord disrespectfully.
Jeremiah 27:14 - Do not listen to and believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you;
Jeremiah 27:15 - for I have not sent them,” says the Lord, “but they are prophesying falsely in My Name, in order that I may drive you out and that you may perish, you [together] with the [false] prophets who prophesy to you.”
Jeremiah 8:10 - Therefore I will give their wives to others And their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for [unjust] gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit and deals in corruption.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.
Isaiah 9:15 - The elderly and honorable man, he is the head; And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 56:10 - Israel’s watchmen are blind, They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; Panting, lying down, they love to slumber.
Isaiah 56:11 - And the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unlawful gain, without exception.
Isaiah 56:12 - “Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Lamentations 2:14 - Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your wickedness To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent], But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.
Jeremiah 5:31 - The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?
Micah 3:5 - Thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who lead my people astray; When they have something good to bite with their teeth, They call out, “Peace,” But against the one who gives them nothing to eat, They declare a holy war.
Micah 3:6 - Therefore it will be night (tragedy) for you—without vision, And darkness (cataclysm) for you—without foresight. The sun shall go down on the [false] prophets, And the day shall become dark and black over them.
Jeremiah 23:25 - “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’
Jeremiah 23:26 - How long [shall this state of affairs continue]? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,
Jeremiah 23:27 - who think that they can make My people forget My Name by their [contrived] dreams which each one tells another, just as their fathers forgot My Name because of Baal?
Malachi 2:8 - But as for you [priests], you have turned from the way and you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in the law]. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.
Hosea 9:7 - The days of punishment have come; The days of retribution are at hand; Let Israel know this! The prophet is [considered] a fool; The man [of God] who is inspired is [treated as if] demented, Because of the abundance of your wickedness and guilt, And because your deep antagonism [toward God and the prophets] is so great.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy (sacred) and the profane (secular), they have not taught [people] the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.