2Ch 24:17-21, 36:14, Isa 3:14, Jer 5:5, Eze 22:6-12, Dan 9:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king . Then the king listened to them.

2 Chronicles 24:17-21

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served ^athe Asherim and the idols. And ^bwrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 ^cYet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. ^dThese testified against them, but they would not pay attention.

Joash’s Treachery

20 ^eThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ^fthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ^g‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^hBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But ⁱthey conspired against him, ^jand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:14

14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 3:14

14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the ^kelders and princes of his people:
“It is you who ^lhave devoured ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5} the vineyard,
ⁿthe spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Jeremiah 5:5

5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
^oBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

Ezekiel 22:6-12

6 “Behold, ^pthe princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood. 7 Father and mother ^qare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ^rsuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^sare wronged in you. 8 ^tYou have despised my holy things and ^uprofaned my Sabbaths. 9 ^vThere are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you ^wwho eat on the mountains; ^xthey commit lewdness in your midst. 10 In you ^ymen uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity. 11 ^zOne commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; ^aaanother lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; ^abanother in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In you ^acthey take bribes to shed blood; ^adyou take interest and profit ^{▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)} and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but ^afme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Daniel 9:5-6

5 ^agwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^ahand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^aiWe have not listened to ^ajyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^akour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.