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The heads of it judge for reward, and the priests of it teach for hire, and the prophets of it divine for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, Is not Yahweh in the midst of us? no evil shall come on us.
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Corruption Fueled by Greed
Commentators unanimously point out that every class of leader in Jerusalem—civil (judges), religious (priests), and spiritual (prophets)—was corrupted by greed. They sold justice, taught comforting lies for pay, and offered divine predictions for money. This love of money, as Albert Barnes notes, was the root of their evil, making true justice and pure teaching impossible.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Its heads judge for reward - Every class was corrupted. One sin, the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10), covetousness, e…
19th Century
Anglican
For reward. — Every function is carried out by judges, priests, and prophets through bribery, and yet they claim and count upon th…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet shows here first, how gross and supine was the hypocrisy of princes as well as of the priests and prophets; and then he declares that t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The heads thereof judge for rewardThat is, the heads or principal men of Zion and Jerusalem; the kings, or sanhedrim…
Zion's walls owe no thanks to those who build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man does not work the righteousness of God. Even when men…
