Verse 17

I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

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  • Neh 13:11 : 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
  • Neh 13:25 : 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'
  • Ps 82:1-2 : 1 God stands in the divine assembly; He judges among the gods. 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.
  • Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’
  • Jer 22:2-9 : 2 Say: Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne—you, your officials, and your people who enter through these gates! 3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their officials, and their people. 5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by Myself—declares the LORD—that this palace will become a ruin. 6 For this is what the LORD says about the house of the king of Judah: Though you are like Gilead to me, like the peak of Lebanon, yet I will surely make you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities. 7 I will send destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and throw them into the fire. 8 Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?' 9 And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.' 10 Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who goes away, for he will never return to see his native land. 11 For this is what the LORD says about Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah as king: He has gone out from this place and will never return. 12 He will die in the place where they have taken him into exile; he will never see this land again. 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor. 14 He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD. 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence. 18 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!' They will not mourn for him, saying, 'Alas, my lord!' or 'Alas, his majesty!' 19 He will have the burial of a donkey—dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem. 20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed. 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, 'I will not listen.' This has been your way since your youth; you have not obeyed me. 22 The wind will shepherd all your rulers, and your lovers will go into captivity. At that time you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness. 23 You who live in Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, anguish like that of a woman in labor!
  • Mic 3:1 : 1 Then I said: "Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not your responsibility to know justice?
  • Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right:
  • Neh 5:7 : 7 I took counsel with myself, and then I confronted the nobles and officials, saying to them, 'You are exacting interest from your own people!' So I called together a large assembly to deal with them.