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 conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'"

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD.

All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.

Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD.

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

because of all the evil of the children of Israel and the children of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger--their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.

This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.

The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.

General references

Again the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy exists among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.