Eze 22:6-13, 25-29, Hos 4:1-2, Amo 5:11-12, 6:1-3, Zep 3:3 | ESV | STEP | Behold , the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power , have been bent on shedding blood .

av[See ver. 10 above]

aw Isa. 32:9; Zeph. 1:12; Luke 6:24; James 5:1

ax ch. 3:9; 4:1

ay[Ezek. 22:6]

azSee Ex. 19:5

ba Gen. 10:10; Isa. 10:9

bb 1 Kgs. 8:65; 2 Kgs. 18:34; Isa. 10:9

bcSee 1 Sam. 17:4

bd[Nah. 3:8]

be[ch. 9:10; Ezek. 12:27]

bfSee ch. 3:10

bg Ezek. 22:27; [Mic. 3:9, 10]

bh Hab. 1:8

Ezekiel 22:6-13

6 “Behold, ^athe princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood. 7 Father and mother ^bare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ^csuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^dare wronged in you. 8 ^eYou have despised my holy things and ^fprofaned my Sabbaths. 9 ^gThere are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you ^hwho eat on the mountains; ⁱthey commit lewdness in your midst. 10 In you ^jmen uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity. 11 ^kOne commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; ^lanother lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; ^manother in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In you ⁿthey take bribes to shed blood; ^oyou 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 ^qme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

13 “Behold, ^rI strike my hand at ^sthe dishonest gain that you have made, and at ^tthe blood that has been in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:25-29

25 ^uThe conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^vlike a roaring lion ^wtearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 ^xHer priests ^yhave done violence to my law and ^zhave profaned my holy things. ^aaThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^abthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^acso that I am profaned among them. 27 ^adHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^aetearing the prey, ^afshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^agher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^ahseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land ^aihave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^ajhave extorted from the sojourner without justice.

Hosea 4:1-2

The Lord Accuses Israel

1 ^akHear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for ^althe Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and ^amno knowledge of God in the land;
2 ^anthere is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and ^aobloodshed follows bloodshed.

Amos 5:11-12

11 Therefore because you ^aptrample on ^{▼▼Or you tax} the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^aryou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
^asyou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^attake a bribe,
and ^auturn aside the needy ^avin the gate.

Amos 6:1-3

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

1 ^aw“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on ^axthe mountain of Samaria,
^aythe notable men of ^azthe first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
2 Pass over to ^baCalneh, and see,
and from there go to ^bbHamath the great;
then go down to ^bcGath of the Philistines.
^bdAre you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory,
3 ^beO you who put far away the day of disaster
^bfand bring near the seat of violence?

Zephaniah 3:3

3 ^bgHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^bhevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.