My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no tr
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you c
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon t
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migr
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May su
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Ashera
My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying a
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My cove
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jew
And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn inc
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astra
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who wil
So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pra
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understa
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold o
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle
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