The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
Jeremiah 26:7 - Tree of Life Version So the kohanim, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of Adonai. 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 prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”
Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her kohanim have profaned what is holy. They do violence to Torah.
But when the ruling kohanim and Torah scholars saw the wonders He performed, and the children crying out in the Temple and saying, “Hoshia-na to Ben-David,” they became indignant.
But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.