our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law or heeded thy commandments and thy warnings which thou didst give them.
Ezekiel 22:6 - Revised Standard Version “Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood. Common English Bible Look, Israel’s princes, every one of them, have joined forces to shed blood in you. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, the princes of Israel: every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood. |
our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law or heeded thy commandments and thy warnings which thou didst give them.
There are those whose teeth are swords, whose teeth are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among men.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they did to provoke me to anger—their kings and their princes, their priests and their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds.
Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon your thigh.
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.
To us, O Lord, belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.
Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.