The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On th
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flo
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads,
Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you ha
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame a
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man o
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, throug
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah
Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness,
Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophe
Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answer
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produc
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into
You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the