If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city wi
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious.
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greates
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fiel
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.