Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the tr
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of ro
When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all th
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is jus
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.