Verse 3

Now for a long{H7227} season{H3117} Israel{H3478} hath been without{H3808} the true{H571} God{H430}, and without a teaching{H3384}{(H8688)} priest{H3548}, and without law{H8451}.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 10:11 : 11 And that ye may teach{H3384}{(H8687)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} all the statutes{H2706} which the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} unto them by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.
  • 1 Kgs 12:28-33 : 28 Whereupon the king{H4428} took counsel{H3289}{(H8735)}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} two{H8147} calves{H5695} of gold{H2091}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, It is too much{H7227} for you to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} to Jerusalem{H3389}: behold thy gods{H430}, O Israel{H3478}, which brought thee up{H5927}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}. 29 And he set{H7760}{(H8799)} the one{H259} in Bethel{H1008}, and the other{H259} put{H5414}{(H8804)} he in Dan{H1835}. 30 And this thing{H1697} became a sin{H2403}: for the people{H5971} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to worship before{H6440} the one{H259}, even unto Dan{H1835}. 31 And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} of high places{H1116}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} priests{H3548} of the lowest{H7098} of the people{H5971}, which were not of the sons{H1121} of Levi{H3878}. 32 And Jeroboam{H3379} ordained{H6213}{(H8799)} a feast{H2282} in the eighth{H8066} month{H2320}, on the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320}, like unto the feast{H2282} that is in Judah{H3063}, and he offered{H5927}{(H8686)} upon the altar{H4196}. So did{H6213}{(H8804)} he in Bethel{H1008}, sacrificing{H2076}{(H8763)} unto the calves{H5695} that he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}: and he placed{H5975}{(H8689)} in Bethel{H1008} the priests{H3548} of the high places{H1116} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)}. 33 So he offered{H5927}{(H8686)} upon the altar{H4196} which he had made{H6213}{(H8804)} in Bethel{H1008} the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day{H3117} of the eighth{H8066} month{H2320}, even in the month{H2320} which he had devised{H908}{(H8804)} of his own heart{H3820}; and ordained{H6213}{(H8799)} a feast{H2282} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: and he offered{H5927}{(H8686)} upon the altar{H4196}, and burnt incense{H6999}{(H8687)}.
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall abide{H3427}{(H8799)} many{H7227} days{H3117} without a king{H4428}, and without a prince{H8269}, and without a sacrifice{H2077}, and without an image{H4676}, and without an ephod{H646}, and without teraphim{H8655}:
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199}{(H8799)} for reward{H7810}, and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384}{(H8686)} for hire{H4242}, and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080}{(H8799)} for money{H3701}: yet will they lean{H8172}{(H8735)} upon the LORD{H3068}, and say{H559}{(H8800)}, Is not the LORD{H3068} among{H7130} us? none evil{H7451} can come{H935}{(H8799)} upon us.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's{H3548} lips{H8193} should keep{H8104}{(H8799)} knowledge{H1847}, and they should seek{H1245}{(H8762)} the law{H8451} at his mouth{H6310}: for he is the messenger{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Matt 2:4-5 : 4 And{G2532} when he had gathered{G4863} all{G3956} the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} scribes{G1122} of the people{G2992} together{G4863}{(G5631)}, he demanded{G4441}{(G5711)} of{G3844} them{G846} where{G4226} Christ{G5547} should be born{G1080}{(G5743)}. 5 And{G1161} they said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto him{G846}, In{G1722} Bethlehem{G965} of Judaea{G2449}: for{G1063} thus{G3779} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)} by{G1223} the prophet{G4396},
  • John 17:3 : 3 And{G1161} this{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} life{G2222} eternal{G166}, that{G2443} they might know{G1097}{(G5725)} thee{G4571} the only{G3441} true{G228} God{G2316}, and{G2532} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}, whom{G3739} thou hast sent{G649}{(G5656)}.
  • Rom 2:12 : 12 For{G1063} as many as{G3745} have sinned{G264}{(G5627)} without law{G460} shall{G622} also{G2532} perish{G622}{(G5698)} without law{G460}: and{G2532} as many as{G3745} have sinned{G264}{(G5627)} in{G1722} the law{G3551} shall be judged{G2919}{(G5701)} by{G1223} the law{G3551};
  • Rom 7:8-9 : 8 But{G1161} sin{G266}, taking{G2983}{(G5631)} occasion{G874} by{G1223} the commandment{G1785}, wrought{G2716}{(G5662)} in{G1722} me{G1698} all manner of{G3956} concupiscence{G1939}. For{G1063} without{G5565} the law{G3551} sin{G266} was dead{G3498}. 9 For{G1161} I{G1473} was alive{G2198}{(G5707)} without{G5565} the law{G3551} once{G4218}: but{G1161} when the commandment{G1785} came{G2064}{(G5631)}, sin{G266} revived{G326}{(G5656)}, and{G1161} I{G1473} died{G599}{(G5627)}.
  • 1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To them that are without law{G459}, as{G5613} without law{G459},(being{G5607}{(G5752)} not{G3361} without law{G459} to God{G2316}, but{G235} under the law{G1772} to Christ{G5547},) that{G2443} I might gain{G2770}{(G5661)} them that are without law{G459}.
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For{G1063} they{G518} themselves{G846} shew{G518}{(G5719)} of{G4012} us{G2257} what manner{G3697} of entering in{G1529} we had{G2192}{(G5719)}{(G5625)}{G2192}{(G5627)} unto{G4314} you{G5209}, and{G2532} how{G4459} ye turned{G1994}{(G5656)} to{G4314} God{G2316} from{G575} idols{G1497} to serve{G1398}{(G5721)} the living{G2198}{(G5723)} and{G2532} true{G228} God{G2316};
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop{G1985} then{G3767} must{G1163}{(G5748)} be{G1511}{(G5750)} blameless{G423}, the husband{G435} of one{G3391} wife{G1135}, vigilant{G3524}, sober{G4998}, of good behaviour{G2887}, given to hospitality{G5382}, apt to teach{G1317};
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And{G1161} we know{G1492}{(G5758)} that{G3754} the Son{G5207} of God{G2316} is come{G2240}{(G5719)}, and{G2532} hath given{G1325}{(G5758)} us{G2254} an understanding{G1271}, that{G2443} we may know{G1097}{(G5725)} him that is true{G228}, and{G2532} we are{G2070}{(G5748)} in{G1722} him that is true{G228}, even in{G1722} his{G846} Son{G5207} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}. This{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} the true{G228} God{G2316}, and{G2532} eternal{G166} life{G2222}.
  • 2 Chr 17:8-9 : 8 And with them he sent Levites{H3881}, even Shemaiah{H8098}, and Nethaniah{H5418}, and Zebadiah{H2069}, and Asahel{H6214}, and Shemiramoth{H8070}, and Jehonathan{H3083}, and Adonijah{H138}, and Tobijah{H2900}, and Tobadonijah{H2899}, Levites{H3881}; and with them Elishama{H476} and Jehoram{H3088}, priests{H3548}. 9 And they taught{H3925}{(H8762)} in Judah{H3063}, and had the book{H5612} of the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068} with them, and went about{H5437}{(H8799)} throughout all the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and taught{H3925}{(H8762)} the people{H5971}.
  • Neh 8:9 : 9 And Nehemiah{H5166}, which is the Tirshatha{H8660}, and Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995}{(H8688)} the people{H5971}, said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, This day{H3117} is holy{H6918} unto the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; mourn{H56}{(H8691)} not, nor weep{H1058}{(H8799)}. For all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8802)}, when they heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the words{H1697} of the law{H8451}.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD{H3068} is the true{H571} God{H430}, he is the living{H2416} God{H430}, and an everlasting{H5769} king{H4428}: at his wrath{H7110} the earth{H776} shall tremble{H7493}{(H8799)}, and the nations{H1471} shall not be able to abide{H3557}{(H8686)} his indignation{H2195}.
  • Ezek 44:21-23 : 21 Neither shall any priest{H3548} drink{H8354}{(H8799)} wine{H3196}, when they enter{H935}{(H8800)} into the inner{H6442} court{H2691}. 22 Neither shall they take{H3947}{(H8799)} for their wives{H802} a widow{H490}, nor her that is put away{H1644}{(H8803)}: but they shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} maidens{H1330} of the seed{H2233} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, or a widow{H490} that had a priest{H3548} before. 23 And they shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)} my people{H5971} the difference between the holy{H6944} and profane{H2455}, and cause them to discern{H3045}{(H8686)} between the unclean{H2931} and the clean{H2889}.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)} Jacob{H3290} thy judgments{H4941}, and Israel{H3478} thy law{H8451}: they shall put{H7760}{(H8799)} incense{H6988} before{H639} thee, and whole burnt sacrifice{H3632} upon thine altar{H4196}.