2 Chronicles 36:14
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14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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Daniel 9:8
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8 “O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
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Zephaniah 3:3-4
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3 (A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are (B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.
4 Her (C)prophets are insolent, treacherous people;
Her priests have [a]polluted the sanctuary,
They have done (D)violence to the law.
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- Zephaniah 3:4 Or profaned
Micah 7:2
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
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- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Micah 3:9-11
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9 Now hear this,
You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And [a]pervert all equity,
10 (A)Who build up Zion with (B)bloodshed
And Jerusalem with iniquity:
11 (C)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(D)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [b]money.
(E)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
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- Micah 3:9 Lit. twist
- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
Micah 3:1-4
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Wicked Rulers and Prophets
3 And I said:
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”
4 Then (E)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.
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- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Daniel 9:6
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6 (A)Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.
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Ezekiel 22:26-28
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26 (A)Her priests have [a]violated My law and (B)profaned My holy things; they have not (C)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her (D)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [b]people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 (E)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (F)seeing false visions, and divining (G)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken.
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- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Ezekiel 22:6
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6 “Look, (A)the princes of Israel: each one has used his [a]power to shed blood in you.
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- Ezekiel 22:6 Lit. arm
Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, (A)let this man be put to death, for thus he [a]weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the [b]welfare of this people, but their harm.”
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- Jeremiah 38:4 Is discouraging
- Jeremiah 38:4 Well-being; lit. peace
Jeremiah 37:13-15
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13 And when he was in the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
14 Then Jeremiah said, [a]“False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him.
So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. 15 Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and they struck him (A)and put him in prison in the (B)house of Jonathan the scribe. For they had made that the prison.
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- Jeremiah 37:14 a lie
Jeremiah 5:5
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5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For (A)they have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether (B)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
Ezra 9:7
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7 Since the days of our fathers to this day (A)we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities (B)we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the (C)sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to (D)humiliation,[a] as it is this day.
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- Ezra 9:7 Lit. shame of faces
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