Her princes in the midst thereof {are} like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, {and} to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found {thee}: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver {it} into the hand of the king.

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

{Let} love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, {false...: or, one who foments strife}

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Her princes within her {are} roaring lions; her judges {are} evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. {He that} sweareth to {his own} hurt, and changeth not.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: {but} ye feed not the flock.

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

What mean ye {that} ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {approve: or, try} {are...: or, differ}

He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

Gather the pieces thereof into it, {even} every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill {it} with the choice bones.

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one {is} given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they {are} the flesh, and this {city is} the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. {findeth...: Heb. is not favoured}

What mean ye {that} ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away {the punishment} thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

{Is} not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? {the heavy...: Heb. the bundles of the yoke} {oppressed: Heb. broken}

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

And hath not oppressed any, {but} hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Her princes in the midst thereof {are} like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, {and} to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. {blood: Heb. bloods}

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.