The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par
Jeremiah 26:7 - Easy To Read Version The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say all of these words at the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [207]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah declare these words in the LORD’s temple. Catholic Public Domain Version And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremias speaking these words in the house of the Lord. |
The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par
The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes\par to help them decide who wins in court.\par The priests in Jerusalem must be paid\par before they will teach the people.\par People must pay the prophets\par before they will look into the future.\par And then those leaders expect the Lord\par to help them. They say,\par “The Lord lives here with us.\par So nothing bad will happen to us.”\par
Her prophets {\cf2\super [20]} are always making their secret plans to get more and more. Her priests have treated holy things like they are not holy. They have done bad things to God’s teachings.
The leading priests and the teachers of the law saw what Jesus did. They saw that Jesus was doing great things and saw the children praising Jesus in the temple area. The children were saying, “Praise {\cf2\super [290]} to the Son of David. {\cf2\super [291]} ” All these things made the priests and the teachers of the law angry.
The high priest {\cf2\super [89]} and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees {\cf2\super [90]})became very jealous.