Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you hav
For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried u
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. The
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his prie
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘T
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persu
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scou
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that i
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great ass
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive misch