So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!