Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the i
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant viney
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live i
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should n
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying a
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
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 prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with thei
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their of