Isaiah 58:1
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False and True Worship
58 Shout out; do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.(A)
Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?”
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the rulers[a] transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.(A)
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- 2.8 Heb shepherds
Jeremiah 23:36
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36 But “the burden of the Lord” you shall mention no more, for the burden is everyone’s own word, and so you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.(A)
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Jeremiah 29:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams that you dream,(A)
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Jeremiah 29:9
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9 for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:25
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25 Its princes[a] within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows within it.(A)
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- 22.25 Gk: Heb A conspiracy of its prophets
Ezekiel 22:28
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28 Its prophets have smeared whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, “Thus says the Lord God,” when the Lord has not spoken.(A)
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