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 unto others and their fields unto those that shall inherit them: for each one from the least even unto the greatest is given to greed; from the prophet even unto the priest every one 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 that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest walked around in circles in the land, and they did not know it.

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

For both prophet and priest are feigned; even in my house I have found their wickedness, said the LORD.

All ye beasts of the field, all ye beasts of the forest; come to devour.

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth and smote him: I hid my face and was wroth, and he went on rebelliously in the way of his heart.

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion and hast forgotten me, said the Lord GOD.

And they shall come unto thee as the people come, and they shall be before thee, my people, and they shall hear thy words, but they shall not do them; for with their mouth they flatter, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not leave a bone for tomorrow.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him.

not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.

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The priests did not say, Where is the LORD? and those that handled the law did not know me; the pastors also rebelled against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

The prophets prophesied falsely, and the priests bore rule by their hands; and my people love to have it so. What will ye do in the end thereof?

For both prophet and priest are feigned; even in my house I have found their wickedness, said the LORD.

And the priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the 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 princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Mem For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasures and honour; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary; they have falsified the law.

General references

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