Jer 34:10, Eze 22:27-31, Dan 9:6, 8, 12, Mic 7:1-5, Zep 3:3-4 | ESV | STEP | And they obeyed , all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave , male or female , so that they would not be enslaved again . They obeyed and set them free .

10 And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free.

Ezekiel 22:27-31

27 ^aHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^btearing the prey, ^cshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^dher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^eseeing 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 ^fhave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^ghave extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 ^hAnd I sought for a man among them ⁱwho should build up the wall ^jand stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore ^kI have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned ^ltheir way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”

Daniel 9:6

6 ^mWe have not listened to ⁿyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^oour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Daniel 9:8

8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^pwe have sinned against you.

Daniel 9:12

12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^qour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^sbringing upon us a great calamity. ^tFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

Micah 7:1-5

Wait for the God of Salvation

1 Woe is me! For I have become
^uas when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no ^vfirst-ripe fig that my soul desires.
2 ^wThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^xthere is no one upright among mankind;
^ythey all lie in wait for blood,
and ^zeach hunts the other with a net.
3 ^aaTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^abthe prince and ^acthe 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 ^adlike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^aeyour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^afnow their confusion is at hand.
5 ^agPut no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard ^ahthe doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom}

Zephaniah 3:3-4

3 ^ajHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^akevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 ^alHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^amher priests ^anprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.