For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will no
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you,
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now o
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mou
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redee
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since yo
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing ex
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”