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Micah 3:11

Israeli Authorized Version

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the kohanim thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon YY , and say, Is not YY among us? none evil can come upon us.

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For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the kohen every one dealeth falsely.

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Thus saith YY concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of YY , The temple of YY , The temple of YY , are these.

Feed the flock of Elohim which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the Elohim of Yisrael; YY -TZvaot is his name.

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the kohen every one dealeth falsely.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

And Moshe was very wroth, and said unto YY , Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Kayin, and ran greedily after the error of Bilam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korach.

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Avraham to our father: for I say unto you, that Elohim is able of these stones to raise up children unto Avraham.

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith YY -TZvaot, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith YY Elohim.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

They say still unto them that despise me, YY hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

So the kohanim and the prophets and all the people heard Yirmeyah-yahu speaking these words in the house of YY .

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisrael, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith YY Elohim unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Yisrael that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so YY , the Elohim of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the Torah.

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Bilam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

They have belied YY , and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her kohanim have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the Torah.




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