Micah 6:12 For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

6:12 AMP

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Amplified Bible - For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
新标点和合本 - 城里的富户满行强暴；其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 城里的有钱人遍行残暴，其中的居民说谎话，口中的舌头尽是诡诈。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 城里的有钱人遍行残暴，其中的居民说谎话，口中的舌头尽是诡诈。
当代译本 - 你的富人残暴成性，居民谎话连篇，满口诡诈之言。
圣经新译本 - 城里的财主充满了强暴，其中的居民也说假话；他们口中的舌头是诡诈的。
现代标点和合本 - 城里的富户满行强暴，其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
和合本（拼音版） - 城里的富户满行强暴，其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
New International Version - Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
New International Reader's Version - The rich people among you harm others. You are always telling lies. You try to fool others by what you say.
English Standard Version - Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New Living Translation - The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
Christian Standard Bible - For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
New American Standard Bible - For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New King James Version - For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
American Standard Version - For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
King James Version - For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New English Translation - The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
World English Bible - Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
新標點和合本 - 城裏的富戶滿行強暴；其中的居民也說謊言，口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 城裏的有錢人遍行殘暴，其中的居民說謊話，口中的舌頭盡是詭詐。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 城裏的有錢人遍行殘暴，其中的居民說謊話，口中的舌頭盡是詭詐。
當代譯本 - 你的富人殘暴成性，居民謊話連篇，滿口詭詐之言。
聖經新譯本 - 城裡的財主充滿了強暴，其中的居民也說假話；他們口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
呂振中譯本 - 城裏的富人滿行強暴，它的居民都說假話；他們口中的舌頭是詭詐。
現代標點和合本 - 城裡的富戶滿行強暴，其中的居民也說謊言，口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
文理和合譯本 - 邑中富人、充於強暴、居民言誑、口舌詭譎、
文理委辦譯本 - 富者專行強據、邑中庶民、互相欺誑、鼓舌妄言、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 邑中富者、恆行強暴、居民好言偽妄、舌施詭詐、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Los ricos de la ciudad son gente violenta; sus habitantes son gente mentirosa; ¡engañan con la boca y con la lengua!
현대인의 성경 - 너희 부자들은 가난한 자들을 착취하고 너희 주민들은 다 거짓말하는 데 익숙하여 그 혀로 진실을 말할 수가 없다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Les riches de la ville ╵ont recours à la violence, ses habitants ╵profèrent des mensonges, leur langue ne fait que tromper.
リビングバイブル - 金持ちは、脅しと暴力で富を得ている。市民は、偽りを言うことに慣れているので、その舌は真実を語れない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os ricos que vivem entre vocês são violentos; o seu povo é mentiroso e as suas línguas falam enganosamente.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Reichen in der Stadt beuten die Menschen aus und unterdrücken sie, ja, alle Einwohner von Jerusalem lügen und betrügen!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Bọn nhà giàu các ngươi đầy hung ác và bạo lực. Dân chúng ngươi lừa bịp với miệng lưỡi tráo trở lừa gạt.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คนมั่งมีในกรุงนั้นโหดเหี้ยมทารุณ และชาวกรุงนั้นล้วนเป็นคนโกหก และลิ้นของเขาพูดแต่คำหลอกลวง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรดาคนมั่งมีใช้การกระทำอันรุนแรง ประชาชนพูดโกหก ใช้ลิ้นหลอกลวง

交叉引用

Romans 3:13 - “Their throat is an open grave; They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.” “The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Jeremiah 5:5 - I will go to the great [men] And speak to them, For they [must] know the way of the Lord, The ordinance of their God.” But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law] And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
Jeremiah 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many, Their desertions of faith are countless.
Ezekiel 22:6 - “Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
Ezekiel 22:7 - In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel 22:8 - You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:9 - In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
Ezekiel 22:10 - In you men have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have violated women who are [set apart as ceremonially] unclean during their menstrual impurity [or after childbirth].
Ezekiel 22:11 - In you one has committed a shameful act with his neighbor’s wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another has violated his sister, his father’s daughter.
Ezekiel 22:12 - In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 22:13 - “Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Zephaniah 3:3 - Her officials within her are roaring lions; Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening, They leave nothing for the morning.
Micah 3:9 - Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who hate and reject justice And twist everything that is straight,
Micah 3:10 - Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder] And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Micah 3:11 - Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests teach for a fee, And her prophets foretell for money; Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord among us? No tragedy or distress will come on us.”
Amos 5:11 - Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them, Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone, You will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12 - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Micah 3:1 - And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
Micah 3:2 - You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:3 - You who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones And chop them in pieces as for the pot, Like meat in a kettle.”
Isaiah 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing]; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:4 - No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather] They trust in empty arguments and speak lies; They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
Isaiah 59:5 - They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s webs; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from an egg which is crushed a viper breaks out.
Isaiah 59:6 - Their webs will not serve as clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with what they make; Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing], And the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, And they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Isaiah 59:8 - They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks. They have made them into crooked paths; Whoever walks on them does not know peace.
Isaiah 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us. We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness; We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.
Isaiah 59:10 - We grope for a wall like the blind, We grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; Among those who are healthy we are like dead men.
Isaiah 59:11 - We all groan and growl like bears, And coo sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
Isaiah 59:12 - For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O Lord], And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know and recognize our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]:
Isaiah 59:13 - Rebelling against and denying the Lord, Turning away from [following] our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
Isaiah 59:14 - Justice is pushed back, And righteous behavior stands far away; For truth has fallen in the city square, And integrity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:15 - Yes, truth is missing; And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey. Now the Lord saw it, And it displeased Him that there was no justice.
Jeremiah 5:26 - For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers who lie in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
Jeremiah 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of deceit and treachery; Therefore they have become influential and rich.
Jeremiah 5:28 - They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous), They excel in acts of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper, And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 5:29 - Shall I not punish them [for these things]?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I not avenge Myself On such a nation as this?’
Jeremiah 6:6 - For the Lord of hosts has said, “Cut down her trees And build a siege [mound] against Jerusalem. This is the city which must be punished; There is nothing but oppression inside her [walls].
Jeremiah 6:7 - As a fountain springs up and pours out its fresh waters, So she [continually] pours out her fresh wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard inside her [walls]; Sickness and wounds are always before Me.
Amos 6:1 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are at ease and carefree in Zion (Judah) And to those on the mountain of Samaria who feel secure, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.
Amos 6:2 - Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look, And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours], Or is their territory greater than yours?
Amos 6:3 - Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Micah 7:2 - The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth, And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men. They all lie in wait to shed blood; Each hunts the other with a net.
Micah 7:3 - Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly; The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul. So they twist the course of justice between them.
Micah 7:4 - The best of them is [injurious] like a briar; The most upright is [prickly] like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen [that is, the time predicted by the prophets] And your punishment comes; Now shall be their confusion.
Micah 7:5 - Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land]; Do not have confidence in a friend. Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
Micah 7:6 - For the son dishonors the father and treats him contemptuously, The daughter rises up [in hostility] against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— A man’s enemies are the men (members) of his own household.
Hosea 7:1 - When I would heal Israel, The sin (guilt) of Ephraim is uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria, Because they practice false dealing; The thief enters, Bandits ravage and raid outside.
Ezekiel 22:25 - There is a conspiracy of her [false] prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured [human] life; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows among her.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy (sacred) and the profane (secular), they have not taught [people] the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 - The people of the land have practiced oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; they have wronged the poor and needy and they have oppressed the stranger without justice.
Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
Hosea 4:2 - There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery; They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their words and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.
Isaiah 5:7 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves]. So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness; [He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.
Jeremiah 9:2 - Oh that I had in the wilderness A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, That I might leave my people And go away from them! For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord], [They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].
Jeremiah 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow; [Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4 - “Let everyone beware of his neighbor And do not trust any brother. For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel], And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 9:5 - Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Jeremiah 9:6 - Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.
Micah 2:1 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness And plot evil on their beds! When morning comes, they practice evil Because it is in the power of their hands.
Micah 2:2 - They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress and rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes And chases after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
Jeremiah 9:8 - Their tongue is a murderous arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.
Hosea 7:13 - Woe (judgment is coming) to them, for they have wandered away from Me! Devastation is theirs, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
新标点和合本 - 城里的富户满行强暴；其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 城里的有钱人遍行残暴，其中的居民说谎话，口中的舌头尽是诡诈。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 城里的有钱人遍行残暴，其中的居民说谎话，口中的舌头尽是诡诈。
当代译本 - 你的富人残暴成性，居民谎话连篇，满口诡诈之言。
圣经新译本 - 城里的财主充满了强暴，其中的居民也说假话；他们口中的舌头是诡诈的。
现代标点和合本 - 城里的富户满行强暴，其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
和合本（拼音版） - 城里的富户满行强暴，其中的居民也说谎言，口中的舌头是诡诈的。
New International Version - Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
New International Reader's Version - The rich people among you harm others. You are always telling lies. You try to fool others by what you say.
English Standard Version - Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New Living Translation - The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
Christian Standard Bible - For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
New American Standard Bible - For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New King James Version - For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
American Standard Version - For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
King James Version - For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New English Translation - The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
World English Bible - Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
新標點和合本 - 城裏的富戶滿行強暴；其中的居民也說謊言，口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 城裏的有錢人遍行殘暴，其中的居民說謊話，口中的舌頭盡是詭詐。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 城裏的有錢人遍行殘暴，其中的居民說謊話，口中的舌頭盡是詭詐。
當代譯本 - 你的富人殘暴成性，居民謊話連篇，滿口詭詐之言。
聖經新譯本 - 城裡的財主充滿了強暴，其中的居民也說假話；他們口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
呂振中譯本 - 城裏的富人滿行強暴，它的居民都說假話；他們口中的舌頭是詭詐。
現代標點和合本 - 城裡的富戶滿行強暴，其中的居民也說謊言，口中的舌頭是詭詐的。
文理和合譯本 - 邑中富人、充於強暴、居民言誑、口舌詭譎、
文理委辦譯本 - 富者專行強據、邑中庶民、互相欺誑、鼓舌妄言、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 邑中富者、恆行強暴、居民好言偽妄、舌施詭詐、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Los ricos de la ciudad son gente violenta; sus habitantes son gente mentirosa; ¡engañan con la boca y con la lengua!
현대인의 성경 - 너희 부자들은 가난한 자들을 착취하고 너희 주민들은 다 거짓말하는 데 익숙하여 그 혀로 진실을 말할 수가 없다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Богачи твои кровожадны, твои обитатели лгут, обман у них на устах.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Les riches de la ville ╵ont recours à la violence, ses habitants ╵profèrent des mensonges, leur langue ne fait que tromper.
リビングバイブル - 金持ちは、脅しと暴力で富を得ている。市民は、偽りを言うことに慣れているので、その舌は真実を語れない。
Nova Versão Internacional - Os ricos que vivem entre vocês são violentos; o seu povo é mentiroso e as suas línguas falam enganosamente.
Hoffnung für alle - Die Reichen in der Stadt beuten die Menschen aus und unterdrücken sie, ja, alle Einwohner von Jerusalem lügen und betrügen!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Bọn nhà giàu các ngươi đầy hung ác và bạo lực. Dân chúng ngươi lừa bịp với miệng lưỡi tráo trở lừa gạt.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - คนมั่งมีในกรุงนั้นโหดเหี้ยมทารุณ และชาวกรุงนั้นล้วนเป็นคนโกหก และลิ้นของเขาพูดแต่คำหลอกลวง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - บรรดาคนมั่งมีใช้การกระทำอันรุนแรง ประชาชนพูดโกหก ใช้ลิ้นหลอกลวง

Romans 3:13 - “Their throat is an open grave; They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.” “The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
Jeremiah 5:5 - I will go to the great [men] And speak to them, For they [must] know the way of the Lord, The ordinance of their God.” But [I found the reverse to be true, that] they too had all alike broken the yoke [of God’s law] And had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].
Jeremiah 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many, Their desertions of faith are countless.
Ezekiel 22:6 - “Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
Ezekiel 22:7 - In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel 22:8 - You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:9 - In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
Ezekiel 22:10 - In you men have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have violated women who are [set apart as ceremonially] unclean during their menstrual impurity [or after childbirth].
Ezekiel 22:11 - In you one has committed a shameful act with his neighbor’s wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another has violated his sister, his father’s daughter.
Ezekiel 22:12 - In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 22:13 - “Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Zephaniah 3:3 - Her officials within her are roaring lions; Her judges are [as hungry as] the wolves at evening, They leave nothing for the morning.
Micah 3:9 - Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who hate and reject justice And twist everything that is straight,
Micah 3:10 - Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder] And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Micah 3:11 - Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests teach for a fee, And her prophets foretell for money; Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord among us? No tragedy or distress will come on us.”
Amos 5:11 - Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them, Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone, You will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12 - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Micah 3:1 - And I said, “Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
Micah 3:2 - You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:3 - You who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones And chop them in pieces as for the pot, Like meat in a kettle.”
Isaiah 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing]; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 59:4 - No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather] They trust in empty arguments and speak lies; They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
Isaiah 59:5 - They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s webs; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from an egg which is crushed a viper breaks out.
Isaiah 59:6 - Their webs will not serve as clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with what they make; Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing], And the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, And they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
Isaiah 59:8 - They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks. They have made them into crooked paths; Whoever walks on them does not know peace.
Isaiah 59:9 - Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us. We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness; We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.
Isaiah 59:10 - We grope for a wall like the blind, We grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; Among those who are healthy we are like dead men.
Isaiah 59:11 - We all groan and growl like bears, And coo sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
Isaiah 59:12 - For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O Lord], And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know and recognize our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]:
Isaiah 59:13 - Rebelling against and denying the Lord, Turning away from [following] our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
Isaiah 59:14 - Justice is pushed back, And righteous behavior stands far away; For truth has fallen in the city square, And integrity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:15 - Yes, truth is missing; And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey. Now the Lord saw it, And it displeased Him that there was no justice.
Jeremiah 5:26 - For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers who lie in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
Jeremiah 5:27 - As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of deceit and treachery; Therefore they have become influential and rich.
Jeremiah 5:28 - They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous), They excel in acts of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper, And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 5:29 - Shall I not punish them [for these things]?’ says the Lord. ‘Shall I not avenge Myself On such a nation as this?’
Jeremiah 6:6 - For the Lord of hosts has said, “Cut down her trees And build a siege [mound] against Jerusalem. This is the city which must be punished; There is nothing but oppression inside her [walls].
Jeremiah 6:7 - As a fountain springs up and pours out its fresh waters, So she [continually] pours out her fresh wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard inside her [walls]; Sickness and wounds are always before Me.
Amos 6:1 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are at ease and carefree in Zion (Judah) And to those on the mountain of Samaria who feel secure, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.
Amos 6:2 - Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look, And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours], Or is their territory greater than yours?
Amos 6:3 - Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Micah 7:2 - The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth, And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men. They all lie in wait to shed blood; Each hunts the other with a net.
Micah 7:3 - Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly; The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul. So they twist the course of justice between them.
Micah 7:4 - The best of them is [injurious] like a briar; The most upright is [prickly] like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen [that is, the time predicted by the prophets] And your punishment comes; Now shall be their confusion.
Micah 7:5 - Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land]; Do not have confidence in a friend. Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
Micah 7:6 - For the son dishonors the father and treats him contemptuously, The daughter rises up [in hostility] against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— A man’s enemies are the men (members) of his own household.
Hosea 7:1 - When I would heal Israel, The sin (guilt) of Ephraim is uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria, Because they practice false dealing; The thief enters, Bandits ravage and raid outside.
Ezekiel 22:25 - There is a conspiracy of her [false] prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured [human] life; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows among her.
Ezekiel 22:26 - Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy (sacred) and the profane (secular), they have not taught [people] the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 - The people of the land have practiced oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; they have wronged the poor and needy and they have oppressed the stranger without justice.
Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
Hosea 4:2 - There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery; They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their words and their actions are against the Lord, To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.
Isaiah 5:7 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves]. So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness; [He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.
Jeremiah 9:2 - Oh that I had in the wilderness A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, That I might leave my people And go away from them! For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord], [They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].
Jeremiah 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow; [Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4 - “Let everyone beware of his neighbor And do not trust any brother. For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel], And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 9:5 - Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Jeremiah 9:6 - Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.
Micah 2:1 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness And plot evil on their beds! When morning comes, they practice evil Because it is in the power of their hands.
Micah 2:2 - They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress and rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes And chases after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].
Jeremiah 9:8 - Their tongue is a murderous arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But in his heart he lays traps and waits in ambush for him.
Hosea 7:13 - Woe (judgment is coming) to them, for they have wandered away from Me! Devastation is theirs, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.