Isaiah 24:2
And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God’s impartial judgment of sin comes on all].
Hosea 4:9
And it shall be: like people, like priest [both are wicked and both will be judged];
So I will punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
Ezekiel 7:12-13
The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is against all their multitude [of people].
Genesis 41:50
Now two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Leviticus 25:36-37
Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20
“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.
2 Chronicles 36:14-17
Also, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful, following all the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:20
He deported to Babylon those who had escaped from the sword; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia was established there,
Isaiah 2:9
So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].
Isaiah 3:2-8
The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
Isaiah 5:15
So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance degraded,
And the eyes of the proud (arrogant) will be degraded.
Isaiah 9:14-17
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
Jeremiah 5:3-6
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
Jeremiah 23:11-13
“For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted);
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 41:2
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land.
Jeremiah 42:18
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “As My anger and My wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will become detested, an object of horror, a curse and a people scorned; and you will no longer see this place.”
Jeremiah 44:11-13
“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe—even to cut off (destroy) all Judah [from the land].
Jeremiah 52:24-30
Then the captain of the guard took [as prisoners] Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three doorkeepers.
Lamentations 4:13
Because of the sins of her [counterfeit] prophets
And the wickedness of her [unfaithful] priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the just and righteous;
Lamentations 5:12-14
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Ezekiel 14:8-10
I will set My face against that man [that hypocrite] and will make him a
Daniel 9:5-8
we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
Ephesians 6:8-9
knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether [he is] slave or free.
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Summary
As with the people
General references
Bible References
As with the people
So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].
The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance degraded,
And the eyes of the proud (arrogant) will be degraded.
Therefore the Lord cuts off head and tail [the highest and the lowest] from Israel,
Both [the high] palm branch and [the low] bulrush in one day.
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You [have seen their faithless heart and] have stricken them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction or instruction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent and return to You.
“For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted);
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
Because of the sins of her [counterfeit] prophets
And the wickedness of her [unfaithful] priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the just and righteous;
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
And it shall be: like people, like priest [both are wicked and both will be judged];
So I will punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
General references
The earth is broken completely apart,
The earth is split apart,
The earth is shaken violently.