Verse 9
Hear{H8085} this, I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that abhor{H8581} justice,{H4941} and pervert{H6140} all equity.{H3477}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed{H552} in silence{H482} speak{H1696} righteousness?{H6664} Do ye judge{H8199} uprightly,{H4339} O ye sons{H1121} of men?{H120} 2 Nay, in heart{H3820} ye work{H6466} wickedness;{H5766} Ye weigh{H6424} out the violence{H2555} of your hands{H3027} in the earth.{H776}
- Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
- Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
- Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear{H8085} this, O ye priests,{H3548} and hearken,{H7181} O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and give ear,{H238} O house{H1004} of the king;{H4428} for unto you pertaineth the judgment;{H4941} for ye have been a snare{H6341} at Mizpah,{H4709} and a net{H7568} spread{H6566} upon Tabor.{H8396}
- Mic 3:1 : 1 And I said,{H559} Hear,{H8085} I pray you, ye heads{H7218} of Jacob,{H3290} and rulers{H7101} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478} is it not for you to know{H3045} justice?{H4941}
- Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth{H6663} the wicked,{H7563} and he that condemneth{H7561} the righteous,{H6662} Both{H8147} of them alike are an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah.{H3068}
- Exod 3:16 : 16 Go,{H3212} and gather{H622} the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} together,{H622} and say{H559} unto them, Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of your fathers,{H1} the God{H430} of Abraham,{H85} of Isaac,{H3327} and of Jacob,{H3290} hath appeared{H7200} unto me, saying,{H559} I have surely{H6485} visited{H6485} you, and [seen] that which is done{H6213} to you in Egypt:{H4714}
- Lev 26:15 : 15 and if ye shall reject{H3988} my statutes,{H2708} and if your soul{H5315} abhor{H1602} mine ordinances,{H4941} so that ye will not do{H6213} all my commandments,{H4687} but break{H6565} my covenant;{H1285}
- Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed{H779} be he that wresteth{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to the sojourner,{H1616} fatherless,{H3490} and widow.{H490} And all the people{H5971} shall say,{H559} Amen.{H543}