'Officials' in the Bible

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them.

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

Indeed, he says: "Are not my officials all kings?

The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh's wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?"

The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.

And it will turn out that his officials are at Zoan, and his envoys will reach Hanes.

Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.

Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.

How, then, can you repulse even one officer from the least of my master's officials, when you are depending for yourselves on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

That's why King Hezekiah's officials came to Isaiah.

‘And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

I stirred up [one] from [the] north, and he has come from [the] rising of the sun. He shall call on my name, and he shall come [on] officials as [on] mortar, and as [the] {potter} treads clay.