Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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,
The sins
General references
Bible References
The sins
Lamentations 2:14
נ NunYour prophets saw visions for you
that were empty and deceptive;
they did not reveal your guilt
and so restore your fortunes.
They saw oracles for you
that were empty and misleading.
that were empty and deceptive;
they did not reveal your guilt
and so restore your fortunes.
They saw oracles for you
that were empty and misleading.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 14:14
But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds.
Jeremiah 23:11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Micah 3:11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
her priests teach for payment,
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord
No disaster will overtake us.”
Zephaniah 3:3 The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for
That
Jeremiah 2:20 For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
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You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.
Jeremiah 26:8
He finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, “You must surely die!
Matthew 23:31 You, therefore, testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 11:47 “Woe to you! You build monuments to the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,
General references
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.
Malachi 2:1
“Therefore, this decree is for you priests: