Eze 22:6-8, Mic 3:1-3, Rom 3:14-18 | ESV | STEP | Behold , the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power , have been bent on shedding blood .

mCited from Ps. 10:7 (Gk.)

nCited from Prov. 1:16; ver. 15-17, cited from Isa. 59:7, 8

Ezekiel 22:6-8

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.

Micah 3:1-3

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

1 And I said:
^gHear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
^hIs it not for you to know justice?—
2 you ⁱwho hate the good and love the evil,
^jwho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^lwho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.

Romans 3:14-18

14 ^m“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ⁿ“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^othe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^p“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”