Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the (A)law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
(B)The prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.
Habakkuk 2:18
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18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
Jeremiah 10:21
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21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be (A)scattered.
Jeremiah 5:31
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31 The prophets prophesy (A)falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people (B)love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor [a]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth (A)commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:2 adulterating the word of God
Romans 2:17-24
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The Jews Guilty as the Gentiles
17 [a]Indeed (A)you are called a Jew, and (B)rest[b] on the law, (C)and make your boast in God, 18 and (D)know His will, and (E)approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and (F)are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, (G)having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. 21 (H)You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, (I)do you rob temples? 23 You who (J)make your boast in the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For (K)“the name of God is (L)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.
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- Romans 2:17 NU But if
- Romans 2:17 rely
John 16:3
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3 And (A)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
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- John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
Hosea 4:6
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6 (A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
John 8:55
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55 Yet (A)you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and (B)keep His word.
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Luke 11:52
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52 (A)“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”
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Matthew 16:26
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26 For what (A)profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or (B)what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Malachi 2:6-9
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6 (A)The[a] law of truth was in his mouth,
And [b]injustice was not found on his lips.
He walked with Me in peace and equity,
And (B)turned many away from iniquity.
7 “For(C) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(D)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (E)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(F)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
9 “Therefore (G)I also have made you contemptible and base
Before all the people,
Because you have not kept My ways
But have shown (H)partiality in the law.”
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:6 Or True instruction
- Malachi 2:6 Or unrighteousness
Jeremiah 23:9-15
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False Prophets and Empty Oracles
9 My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
(A)All my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the Lord,
And because of His holy words.
10 For (B)the land is full of adulterers;
For (C)because of a curse the land mourns.
(D)The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course of life is evil,
And their might is not right.
11 “For (E)both prophet and priest are profane;
Yes, (F)in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
12 “Therefore(G) their way shall be to them
Like slippery ways;
In the darkness they shall be driven on
And fall in them;
For I (H)will bring disaster on them,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
13 “And I have seen [a]folly in the prophets of Samaria:
(I)They prophesied by Baal
And (J)caused My people Israel to err.
14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
(K)They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also (L)strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like (M)Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
15 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
‘Behold, I will feed them with (N)wormwood,
And make them drink the water of gall;
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
[b]Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 23:13 Lit. distastefulness
- Jeremiah 23:15 Or Pollution
Jeremiah 23:1-2
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The Branch of Righteousness
23 “Woe (A)to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. (B)Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.”
Jeremiah 12:10
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10 “Many (A)rulers[a] have destroyed (B)My vineyard,
They have (C)trodden My portion underfoot;
They have made My [b]pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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- Jeremiah 12:10 Lit. shepherds or pastors
- Jeremiah 12:10 desired portion of land
Jeremiah 8:8-11
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8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(A)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (B)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (C)what wisdom do they have?
10 Therefore (D)I will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to (E)covetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
11 For they have (F)healed the hurt of the daughter of My people [a]slightly,
Saying, (G)‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:11 Superficially
Jeremiah 7:8
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8 “Behold, you trust in (A)lying words that cannot profit.
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Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
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- Jeremiah 4:22 foolish
Jeremiah 2:11
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11 (A)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are (B)not gods?
(C)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
Jeremiah 2:6
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6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,
Who (A)brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through (B)the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no one dwelt?’
Isaiah 56:9-12
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Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 (A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are (B)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(C)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, they are (D)greedy[b] dogs
Which (E)never[c] have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (F)drink;
(G)Tomorrow will be (H)as today,
And much more abundant.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. strong of soul
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. do not know satisfaction
Isaiah 30:5
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5 (A)They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”
Isaiah 29:10
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10 For (A)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (B)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (C)the seers.
Isaiah 28:7
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7 But they also (A)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(B)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
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