Jer 12:1, 6, Hos 5:7, 6:7, Mic 7:2-5, Zep 3:4, Mal 2:11 | ESV | STEP | Righteous are you, O Lord , when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper ? Why do all who are treacherous thrive ?

1 ^aRighteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
^bWhy does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all ^cwho are treacherous thrive?

Jeremiah 12:6

6 For ^deven your brothers and the house of your father,
^eeven they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
^fdo not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”

Hosea 5:7

7 ^gThey have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;
for they have borne alien children.
Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.

Hosea 6:7

7 But ^hlike Adam they ⁱtransgressed the covenant;
^jthere they dealt faithlessly with me.

Micah 7:2-5

2 ^kThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^lthere is no one upright among mankind;
^mthey all lie in wait for blood,
and ⁿeach hunts the other with a net.
3 ^oTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^pthe prince and ^qthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is ^rlike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^syour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^tnow their confusion is at hand.
5 ^uPut no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard ^vthe doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom}

Zephaniah 3:4

4 ^xHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^yher priests ^zprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.

Malachi 2:11

11 Judah has been ^aafaithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For ^abJudah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.