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Verse 8

The priests{H3548} said{H559} not, Where is Jehovah?{H3068} and they that handle{H8610} the law{H8451} knew{H3045} me not: the rulers{H7462} also transgressed{H6586} against me, and the prophets{H5030} prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and walked{H1980} after{H310} things that do not profit.{H3276}

Referenced Verses

Hab 2:18 : 18 What profiteth{H3276} the graven image,{H6459} that the maker{H3335} thereof hath graven{H6458} it; the molten image,{H4541} even the teacher{H3384} of lies,{H8267} that he that fashioneth{H3335} its form{H3336} trusteth{H982} therein, to make{H6213} dumb{H483} idols?{H457}
Jer 10:21 : 21 For the shepherds{H7462} are become brutish,{H1197} and have not inquired{H1875} of Jehovah:{H3068} therefore they have not prospered,{H7919} and all their flocks{H4830} are scattered.{H6327}
Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} falsely,{H8267} and the priests{H3548} bear rule{H7287} by their means;{H3027} and my people{H5971} love{H157} to have it so: and what will ye do{H6213} in the end{H319} thereof?
John 16:3 : 3 And{G2532} these things{G5023} will they do,{G4160} {G5213} because{G3754} they have{G1097} not{G3756} known{G1097} the Father,{G3962} nor{G3761} me.{G1691}
Rom 2:17-24 : 17 But{G1492} if thou{G4771} bearest the name{G2028} of a Jew,{G2453} and{G2532} restest{G1879} upon the law,{G3551} and{G2532} gloriest{G2744} in{G1722} God,{G2316} 18 and{G2532} knowest{G1097} his will,{G2307} and{G2532} approvest{G1381} the things that are excellent,{G1308} being instructed{G2727} out of{G1537} the law,{G3551} 19 and{G5037} art confident that{G3982} thou thyself{G4572} art{G1511} a guide{G3595} of the blind,{G5185} a light{G5457} of them{G3588} that are in{G1722} darkness,{G4655} 20 a corrector{G3810} of the foolish,{G878} a teacher{G1320} of babes,{G3516} having{G2192} in{G1722} the law{G3551} the form{G3446} of knowledge{G1108} and{G2532} of the truth;{G225} 21 thou{G3588} therefore{G3767} that teachest{G1321} another,{G2087} teachest thou{G1321} not{G3756} thyself?{G4572} thou that preachest{G2784} a man should not{G3361} steal,{G2813} dost thou steal?{G2813} 22 thou that sayest{G3004} a man should not{G3361} commit adultery,{G3431} dost thou commit adultery?{G3431} thou that abhorrest{G948} idols,{G1497} dost thou rob temples?{G2416} 23 thou who{G3739} gloriest{G2744} in{G1722} the law,{G3551} through{G1223} thy transgression{G3847} of the law{G3551} dishonorest thou{G818} God?{G2316} 24 For{G1063} the name{G3686} of God{G2316} is blasphemed{G987} among{G1722} the Gentiles{G1484} because{G1223} of you,{G5209} even as{G2531} it is written.{G1125}
2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but{G235} we have renounced{G550} the hidden things{G2927} of shame,{G152} not{G3361} walking{G4043} in{G1722} craftiness,{G3834} nor{G3366} handling{G1389} the word{G3056} of God{G2316} deceitfully;{G1389} but{G235} by the manifestation{G5321} of the truth{G225} commending{G4921} ourselves{G1438} to{G4314} every{G3956} man's{G444} conscience{G4893} in the sight of{G1799} God.{G2316}
Jer 7:8 : 8 Behold, ye trust{H982} in lying{H8267} words,{H1697} that cannot profit.{H3276}
Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do ye say,{H559} We are wise,{H2450} and the law{H8451} of Jehovah{H3068} is with us? But, behold,{H403} the false{H8267} pen{H5842} of the scribes{H5608} hath wrought{H6213} falsely.{H8267} 9 The wise{H2450} men are put to shame,{H3001} they are dismayed{H2865} and taken:{H3920} lo, they have rejected{H3988} the word{H1697} of Jehovah;{H3068} and what manner of wisdom{H2451} is in them? 10 Therefore will I give{H5414} their wives{H802} unto others,{H312} and their fields{H7704} to them that shall possess{H3423} them: for every one from the least{H6996} even unto the greatest{H1419} is given{H1214} to covetousness;{H1215} from the prophet{H5030} even unto the priest{H3548} every one dealeth{H6213} falsely.{H8267} 11 And they have healed{H7495} the hurt{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} slightly,{H7043} saying,{H559} Peace,{H7965} peace;{H7965} when there is no peace.{H7965}
Jer 12:10 : 10 Many{H7227} shepherds{H7462} have destroyed{H7843} my vineyard,{H3754} they have trodden{H947} my portion{H2513} under foot,{H947} they have made{H5414} my pleasant{H2532} portion{H2513} a desolate{H8077} wilderness.{H4057}
Jer 16:19 : 19 O Jehovah,{H3068} my strength,{H5797} and my stronghold,{H5797} and my refuge{H4498} in the day{H3117} of affliction,{H6869} unto thee shall the nations{H1471} come{H935} from the ends{H657} of the earth,{H776} and shall say,{H559} Our fathers{H1} have inherited{H5157} nought but lies,{H8267} [even] vanity{H1892} and things wherein there is no profit.{H3276}
Jer 23:1-2 : 1 Woe{H1945} unto the shepherds{H7462} that destroy{H6} and scatter{H6327} the sheep{H6629} of my pasture!{H4830} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 2 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} against the shepherds{H7462} that feed{H7462} my people:{H5971} Ye have scattered{H6327} my flock,{H6629} and driven them away,{H5080} and have not visited{H6485} them; behold, I will visit{H6485} upon you the evil{H7455} of your doings,{H4611} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
Jer 23:9-9 : 9 Concerning the prophets.{H5030} My heart{H3820} within{H7130} me is broken,{H7665} all my bones{H6106} shake;{H7363} I am like a drunken{H7910} man,{H376} and like a man{H1397} whom wine{H3196} hath overcome,{H5674} because{H6440} of Jehovah,{H3068} and because of his holy{H6944} words.{H1697} 10 For the land{H776} is full{H4390} of adulterers;{H5003} for because{H6440} of swearing{H423} the land{H776} mourneth;{H56} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057} are dried up.{H3001} And their course{H4794} is evil,{H7451} and their might{H1369} is not right; 11 for both prophet{H5030} and priest{H3548} are profane;{H2610} yea, in my house{H1004} have I found{H4672} their wickedness,{H7451} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 12 Wherefore their way{H1870} shall be unto them as slippery{H2519} places in the darkness:{H653} they shall be driven on,{H1760} and fall{H5307} therein; for I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon them, even the year{H8141} of their visitation,{H6486} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 13 And I have seen{H7200} folly{H8604} in the prophets{H5030} of Samaria;{H8111} they prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and caused my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} to err.{H8582} 14 In the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} also I have seen{H7200} a horrible thing:{H8186} they commit adultery,{H5003} and walk{H1980} in lies;{H8267} and they strengthen{H2388} the hands{H3027} of evil-doers,{H7489} so that none{H376} doth return{H7725} from his wickedness:{H7451} they are all of them become unto me as Sodom,{H5467} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof as Gomorrah.{H6017} 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} concerning the prophets:{H5030} Behold, I will feed{H398} them with wormwood,{H3939} and make them drink{H8248} the water{H4325} of gall;{H7219} for from the prophets{H5030} of Jerusalem{H3389} is ungodliness{H2613} gone forth{H3318} into all the land.{H776}
Hos 4:6 : 6 My people{H5971} are destroyed{H1820} for lack of knowledge:{H1847} because thou hast rejected{H3988} knowledge,{H1847} I will also reject{H3988} thee, that thou shalt be no priest{H3547} to me: seeing thou hast forgotten{H7911} the law{H8451} of thy God,{H430} I also will forget{H7911} thy children.{H1121}
Mal 2:6-9 : 6 The law{H8451} of truth{H571} was in his mouth,{H6310} and unrighteousness{H5766} was not found{H4672} in his lips:{H8193} he walked{H1980} with me in peace{H7965} and uprightness,{H4334} and turned{H7725} many{H7227} away{H7725} from iniquity.{H5771} 7 For the priest's{H3548} lips{H8193} should keep{H8104} knowledge,{H1847} and they should seek{H1245} the law{H8451} at his mouth;{H6310} for he is the messenger{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} 8 But ye are turned{H5493} aside out of the way;{H1870} ye have caused many{H7227} to stumble{H3782} in the law;{H8451} ye have corrupted{H7843} the covenant{H1285} of Levi,{H3878} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} 9 Therefore have I also made{H5414} you contemptible{H959} and base{H8217} before all the people,{H5971} according{H6310} as ye have not kept{H8104} my ways,{H1870} but have had respect{H5375} of persons in the law.{H8451}
Matt 16:26 : 26 For{G1063} what{G5101} shall{G5623} a man{G444} be profited,{G5623} if{G1437} he shall gain{G2770} the{G2889} whole{G3650} world,{G2889} and{G1161} forfeit{G2210} his{G846} life?{G5590} or{G2228} what{G5101} shall{G1325} a man{G444} give{G1325} in exchange{G465} for{G5590} his{G846} life?{G5590}
Luke 11:52 : 52 Woe{G3759} unto you{G5213} lawyers!{G3544} for{G3754} ye took away{G142} the key{G2807} of knowledge:{G1108} ye entered{G1525} not{G3756} in{G1525} yourselves,{G846} and{G2532} them that were entering in{G1525} ye hindered.{G2967}
John 8:55 : 55 and{G2532} ye have{G1097} not{G3756} known{G1097} him:{G846} but{G1161} I{G1473} know{G1492} him;{G846} and{G2532} if{G1437} I should say,{G3754} I know{G1492} him{G846} not,{G3756} I shall be{G2071} like{G3664} unto you,{G5216} a liar:{G5583} but{G235} I know{G1492} him,{G846} and{G2532} keep{G5083} his{G846} word.{G3056}
Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach{H3384} Jacob{H3290} thine ordinances,{H4941} And Israel{H3478} thy law:{H8451} They shall put{H7760} incense{H6988} before{H639} thee, And whole burnt-offering{H3632} upon thine altar.{H4196}
1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons{H1121} of Eli{H5941} were base{H1100} men;{H1121} they knew{H3045} not Jehovah.{H3068}
1 Sam 12:21 : 21 and turn ye not aside;{H5493} for [then would ye go] after{H310} vain{H8414} things which cannot profit{H3276} nor deliver,{H5337} for they are vain.{H8414}
1 Kgs 18:22 : 22 Then said{H559} Elijah{H452} unto the people,{H5971} I, even I only, am left{H3498} a prophet{H5030} of Jehovah;{H3068} but Baal's{H1168} prophets{H5030} are four{H702} hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} men.{H376}
1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And it was so, when midday{H6672} was past,{H5674} that they prophesied{H5012} until the time of the offering{H5927} of the [evening] oblation;{H5927} but there was neither voice,{H6963} nor any to answer,{H6030} nor any that regarded.{H7182}
1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 and Elijah{H452} said{H559} unto them, Take{H8610} the prophets{H5030} of Baal;{H1168} let not one{H376} of them escape.{H4422} And they took{H8610} them; and Elijah{H452} brought them down{H3381} to the brook{H5158} Kishon,{H7028} and slew{H7819} them there.
Isa 28:7 : 7 And even these{H428} reel{H7686} with wine,{H3196} and stagger{H8582} with strong drink;{H7941} the priest{H3548} and the prophet{H5030} reel{H7686} with strong drink,{H7941} they are swallowed up{H1104} of{H4480} wine,{H3196} they stagger{H8582} with strong drink;{H7941} they err{H7686} in vision,{H7203} they stumble{H6328} in judgment.{H6417}
Isa 29:10 : 10 For Jehovah{H3068} hath poured out{H5258} upon you the spirit{H7307} of deep sleep,{H8639} and hath closed{H6105} your eyes,{H5869} the prophets;{H5030} and your heads,{H7218} the seers,{H2374} hath he covered.{H3680}
Isa 30:5 : 5 They shall all be ashamed{H3001} because of a people{H5971} that cannot profit{H3276} them, that are not a help{H5828} nor profit,{H3276} but a shame,{H1322} and also a reproach.{H2781}
Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All ye beasts{H2416} of the field,{H7704} come{H857} to devour,{H398} [yea], all ye beasts{H2416} in the forest.{H3293} 10 His watchmen{H6822} are blind,{H5787} they are all without knowledge;{H3045} they are all dumb{H483} dogs,{H3611} they cannot{H3201} bark;{H5024} dreaming,{H1957} lying down,{H7901} loving{H157} to slumber.{H5123} 11 Yea, the dogs{H3611} are greedy,{H5794} they can{H3045} never have{H3045} enough;{H7654} and these are shepherds{H7462} that cannot understand:{H995} they have all turned{H6437} to their own way,{H1870} each one{H376} to his gain,{H1215} from every quarter.{H7097} 12 Come{H857} ye, [say they], I will fetch{H3947} wine,{H3196} and we will fill{H5433} ourselves with strong drink;{H7941} and to-morrow{H4279} shall be as this day,{H4279} [a day] great{H3966} beyond{H3499} measure.{H1419}
Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither said{H559} they, Where is Jehovah{H3068} that brought us up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} that led{H3212} us through the wilderness,{H4057} through a land{H776} of deserts{H6160} and of pits,{H7745} through a land{H776} of drought{H6723} and of the shadow of death,{H6757} through a land{H776} that none{H376} passed through,{H5674} and where no man{H376} dwelt?{H3427}
Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation{H1471} changed{H3235} [its] gods,{H430} which yet are no gods?{H430} but my people{H5971} have changed{H4171} their glory{H3519} for that which doth not profit.{H3276}
Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people{H5971} are foolish,{H191} they know{H3045} me not; they are sottish{H5530} children,{H1121} and they have no understanding;{H995} they are wise{H2450} to do evil,{H7489} but to do good{H3190} they have no knowledge.{H3045}