² It never enters their hearts that I will remember all this evil. But their sins surround them, and I cannot avoid seeing them. ³ With their wickedness they make the king glad,
And the princes with their lies.
⁴ They all commit adultery. They are like a heated oven, an oven so hot that a baker does not have to fan its flames when he makes bread.

Names

Sin

Cross References

Micah 7:3

They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.

Romans 1:32

They know the judgment of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death! And yet, they not only do the same, but also approve of those who do them.

Jeremiah 28:1-4

That same year, in the fifth month of the fourth year that Zedekiah was king, Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from the town of Gibeon, spoke to me in the Temple. In the presence of the priests and of the people he told me

1 Kings 22:6

So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them: Should I attack Ramoth, or not? They answered: Attack, Jehovah will give you victory.

1 Kings 22:13

The messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him: All the other prophets have prophesied success for the king. You had better do the same.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy falsehoods. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do when the end comes?'

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish I had a dwelling in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 37:19

Where are the prophets who told you that the king of Babylon would not attack you and this land?

Hosea 4:2

They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment because he was content to walk after man's command.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of the king's celebration, the officials become drunk from the heat of wine, and the king joins mockers.

Amos 7:10-13

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

Micah 6:16

The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed. You walk in their counsels. I will make you desolation! The inhabitants will be hissed. You will bear the reproach of my people.

1 John 4:5

They are from the world. They speak that which is from the world and the world listens to them.