Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”
Hosea 4:4 - Revised Standard Version Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove [another–do not waste your time in mutual recriminations], for with you is My contention, O priest. American Standard Version (1901) Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Common English Bible Yet let no one protest, and let no one complain. Listen, priest, I am angry with your people. Catholic Public Domain Version So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest. |
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”
and I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be dumb and unable to reprove them; for they are a rebellious house.
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
And when a man's kinsman, he who burns him, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still any one with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
The man who acts presumptuously, by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.