Ezekiel 22:27-29
officials <08269> [princes.]
get dishonest <01214> [to get.]
prophets <05030> [prophets.]
The prophets employed all their ingenuity to varnish over the crimes of the princes, (the antecedent to them,) to palliate their offences, and to conceal their faults, while they were like ravening wolves, and took bribes to shed innocent blood. By these means they shared the dishonest gains with the princes, or availed themselves of their authority to gratify their avarice or revenge.
see <02374> [seeing.]
saying ...... sovereign ... says <0559 0136> [Thus saith the Lord.]
people <05971> [people.]
practiced extortion .............. oppressed <06231> [oppression. or, deceit. oppressed.]
justice <04941> [wrongfully. Heb. without right.]
Micah 3:1-3
Listen <08085> [Cir. A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. Hear.]
know <03045> [Is it.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
love <0157> [love.]
flay <01497> [pluck.]
devour <0398> [eat.]
chop ... up <06566> [and chop.]
Micah 7:3-4
evil <07451> [do.]
government officials <08269> [the prince.]
prominent men <01419> [the great.]
demands <01942 05315> [his mischievous desire. Heb. the mischief of his soul. wrap.]
[is a.]
day <03117> [the day.]
watchmen ...... punishment <06822 06486> [thy.]
confusion <03998> [now.]
