Isaiah 3:2
The brave man and the warrior [He is also removing],
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
Ezekiel 17:13
And he took a member of the royal family [the king’s uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the important leaders of the land,
2 Kings 24:14-16
He led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the brave men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
Psalm 74:9
We do not see our symbols;
There is no longer any prophet [to guide us],
Nor does any among us know for how long.
Isaiah 2:13-15
And the wrath of God will be against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],
Isaiah 9:14-15
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.
Lamentations 5:12-14
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
Ezekiel 9:5
But to the others I heard Him say, “Follow him [the man with the scribe’s writing case] throughout the city and strike; do not let your eyes have pity and do not spare [anyone].
Amos 2:3
“I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst
And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord.
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Mighty
And the wrath of God will be against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up,
Against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan],
We do not see our symbols;
There is no longer any prophet [to guide us],
Nor does any among us know for how long.
Princes were hung by their hands;
Elders were not respected.
“I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst
And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord.
The ancient
The elderly and honorable man, he is the head;
And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.