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Jeremiah 6:13

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Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

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Priests and prophets stumble because they are drunk. Their minds are too confused to receive God's messages or give honest decisions.

Your greed made me furious. That's why I punished you and refused to be found, while you kept returning to your old sinful ways.

In the fields I see the bodies of those killed in battle. And in the towns I see crowds dying of hunger. But the prophets and priests go about their business, without understanding what has happened."

You cheated others, but everything you gained will fly away, like birds hatched from stolen eggs. Then you will discover what fools you are.

You and your leaders are more disgraceful than thieves-- you and your kings, your priests and prophets

The LORD said to Israel: You accuse me of not saving you, but I say you have rebelled.

The priests who teach my laws don't care to know me. Your leaders rebel against me; your prophets give messages from Baal and worship false gods.

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Those unfaithful prophets misuse their power all over the country. So God turned the pasturelands into scorching deserts.

The LORD told me to say: You prophets and priests think so little of me, the LORD, that you even sin in my own temple!

Those prophets claim to be speaking for the LORD, but he didn't send them. They are lying! If you do what they say, he will have both you and them dragged off to another country and killed. The LORD has spoken.

Johanan, Jezaniah, the other army officers, and everyone else in the group, came to me

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you--my own people-- like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

I'll give their wives and fields to strangers. Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Jerusalem was punished because her prophets and her priests had sinned and caused the death of innocent victims.

Others of you accept money to murder someone. Your own people charge high interest when making a loan to other Israelites, and they get rich by cheating. Worst of all, you have forgotten me, the LORD God.

So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are forever trying to cheat others out of their money.

You leaders accept bribes for dishonest decisions. You priests and prophets teach and preach, but only for money. Then you say, "The LORD is on our side. No harm will come to us."

You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the LORD says to you prophets:

The Pharisees really loved money. So when they heard what Jesus said, they made fun of him.

They must not be heavy drinkers or troublemakers. Instead, they must be kind and gentle and not love money.

Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves.

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.




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