Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully. will I. Jeremiah 6:12 And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch forth my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord. Deuteronomy 28:30-32 Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof. . . . Amos 5:11 Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. Zephaniah 1:13 And their strength shall become a booty, and their houses as a desert: and they shall build houses, and shall not dwell in them: and they shall plant vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. for. Deuteronomy 6:13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name. Isaiah 56:10-12 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams. . . . Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness. Micah 3:5,11 Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices. . . . Titus 1:7,11 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre: . . . 2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . . from the prophet. Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof? Jeremiah 23:11-17,25,26 For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord. . . . Jeremiah 32:32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel, and of the children of Juda, which they have done, provoking me to wrath, they and their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Isaiah 28:7 But these also have been ignorant through wine, and through drunkenness have erred: the priest and the prophet have been ignorant through drunkenness, they are swallowed up with wine, they have gone astray in drunkenness, they have not known him that seeth, they have been ignorant of judgment. Lamentations 4:13 Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. Ezekiel 22:27,28 Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness. . . . Context Judah's Sin and Punishment…9The wise men are confounded, they are dismayed, and taken: for they have cast away the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them. 10Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.11And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.… Cross References Deuteronomy 28:30 Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof. Job 31:10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her. Isaiah 56:11 And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last. Isaiah 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own heart. Jeremiah 6:12 And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch forth my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit. Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the fields, behold the slain with the sword: and if I enter into the city, behold them that are consumed with famine. The prophet also and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not. Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool. Jeremiah 22:17 But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works. Jeremiah 38:22 Behold all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda, shall be brought out to the princes of the king of Babylon: and they shall say: Thy men of peace have deceived thee, and have prevailed against thee, they have plunged thy feet in the mire, and in a slippery place and they have departed from thee. Jeremiah 42:1 Then all the captains of the warriors, and Johanan the son of Caree, and Jezonias, the son of Osaias, and the rest of the people from the least to the greatest came near: Micah 2:4 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I devise an evil against this family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time. Habakkuk 1:6 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own. Lexicon Thereforeלָכֵן֩ (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus I will give אֶתֵּ֨ן (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set their wives נְשֵׁיהֶ֜ם (nə·šê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female to other men לַאֲחֵרִ֗ים (la·’ă·ḥê·rîm) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other [and] their fields שְׂדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ (śə·ḏō·w·ṯê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land to new owners, לְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔ים (lə·yō·wr·šîm) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin for כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction from the least מִקָּטֹן֙ (miq·qā·ṭōn) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the greatest, גָּד֔וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent all כֻּלֹּ֖ה (kul·lōh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every are greedy בֹּצֵ֣עַ (bō·ṣê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1214: To cut off, break off, gain by violence for gain; בָּ֑צַע (bā·ṣa‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1215: Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit from the prophet מִנָּבִיא֙ (min·nā·ḇî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the priest, כֹּהֵ֔ן (kō·hên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest all כֻּלֹּ֖ה (kul·lōh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every practice עֹ֥שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make deceit. שָּֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood Additional Translations Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners, for from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from the prophet to the priest, all practice deceit.Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely. Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to new inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, saith the Lord. Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess [them]; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely. Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely. Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely. 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