Jeremiah 6:13

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Summary

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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General references

Jeremiah 11:9

Bible References

For

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! And if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

For both prophet and priest are profane. Yea, in my house I have found their wickedness, says LORD.

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him. I hid [my face] and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Ye who hate the good, and love the evil, who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones,

Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, heard all these things, and they sneered him.

no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

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The priests did not say, Where is LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me. And the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof?

For both prophet and priest are profane. Yea, in my house I have found their wickedness, says LORD.

And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of LORD.

because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their rulers, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of J

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.

[It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

There is a conspiracy by her prophets in the midst of it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

Her prophets are airy and treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

General references

And LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.