Jeremiah 5:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the  Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago I   broke your yoke; I  tore off your chains. You insisted, ‘I will not serve! ’ On every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a prostitute.

Luke 19:14

‘But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, “We don’t want this man to rule over us.”

Luke 18:24

Seeing that he became sad,  Jesus said, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Exodus 32:25

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, making them a laughing-stock to their enemies.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 11:2

The Lord   said to me, ‘Son of man, these are the men who plot evil  and give wicked advice in this city.

2 Chronicles 36:14

All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Jeremiah 2:31

Evil generation, pay attention to the word of the  Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do my people claim, ‘We will go where we want; we will no longer come to you’?

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the  Lord.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer look for you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline  of someone cruel, because of your enormous guilt and your innumerable sins.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.