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Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in
You are to say: This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood within her [walls] so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled! You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your [judgment] days near and have come to your years [of punishment]. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil. read more.
"Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood. Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you. You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths. There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who [live] in you eat at the mountain [shrines]; they commit immoral acts within you. Men within you have sexual intercourse with [their] father's wife, and violate women during their menstrual impurity. One man within you commits an abomination with his neighbor's wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and [yet] another violates his sister, his father's daughter. People who [live] in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit [on a loan] and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
"Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood. Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you. You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths. There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who [live] in you eat at the mountain [shrines]; they commit immoral acts within you. Men within you have sexual intercourse with [their] father's wife, and violate women during their menstrual impurity. One man within you commits an abomination with his neighbor's wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and [yet] another violates his sister, his father's daughter. People who [live] in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit [on a loan] and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing [its] prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her. Her priests do violence to My law 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. "Her officials within her are like wolves tearing [their] prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to get unjust gain. read more.
Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say: This is what the Lord God says, when the Lord has not spoken. The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident. I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.
Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say: This is what the Lord God says, when the Lord has not spoken. The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident. I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.
Therefore say to them: This is what the Lord God says: You eat [meat] with blood [in it], raise your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then receive possession of the land? You have relied on your swords, you have committed abominations, and each of you has defiled his neighbor's wife. Should you then receive possession of the land?
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,
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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.”
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
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and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
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.
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Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
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Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Corrupt
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.
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because both prophet and priest are ungodly, even in My house I have found their evil. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. Therefore, their way will be to them like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. [This is] the Lord's declaration.
priests » Corrupt
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,
Verse Concepts
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.”
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
Verse Concepts
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
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.
Verse Concepts
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
Verse Concepts
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,
Verse Concepts
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.”
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
Verse Concepts
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
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.
Verse Concepts
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
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The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from
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.
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Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of the clean and unclean things in their use
Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
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You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,
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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.
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in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”
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The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
When the chief priests and the temple police saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
Pilate responded, “Take Him and crucify Him yourselves, for I find no grounds for charging Him.” Verse Concepts
In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,
Verse Concepts
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.”
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
Verse Concepts
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
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.
Verse Concepts
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.
Verse Concepts