Jeremiah 5:31
New American Standard Bible 1995
31 The (A)prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule [a]on their own authority;
And My people (B)love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:31 Lit over their own hands
Jeremiah 6:13
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 “For (A)from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is (B)greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone [a]deals falsely.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:13 Or makes lies
Lamentations 2:14
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not (B)exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have (C)seen for you false and misleading [a]oracles.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:14 Lit burdens
Ezekiel 22:26-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
26 Her (A)priests have done violence to My law and have (B)profaned My holy things; they have made no (C)distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the (D)unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and (E)destroying lives in order to get (F)dishonest gain. 28 Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing (G)false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
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