Neh 9:34, Isa 1:23, Jer 5:5, 31, Dan 9:8-11, Zep 3:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Our kings , our princes , our priests , and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.

34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^aloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^bThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

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.”
^cBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:31

31 ^dthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^emy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Daniel 9:8-11

8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^fwe have sinned against you. 9 ^gTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^hand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ⁱhis servants the prophets. 11 ^jAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^krefusing to obey your voice. ^lAnd the curse and oath ^mthat are written in the Law of ⁿMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^owe have sinned against him.

Zephaniah 3:1-4

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
^pthe oppressing city!
2 She listens to no voice;
^qshe accepts no correction.
^rShe does not trust in the Lord;
she does not draw near to her God.
3 ^sHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^tevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 ^uHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^vher priests ^wprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.