Isaiah 1:23 Cross References - Bishops

²³ Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them

⁸ Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous

¹⁹ Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous

¹⁷ And after the death of Iehoiada, came the lordes of Iuda and made obeysaunce to the king: And the king hearkened vnto them ¹⁸ And so they left the house of the Lorde God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles, and then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Hierusalem for this their trespaces sake ¹⁹ And he sent prophetes to them, to bring the againe vnto the Lord, & they testified vnto them: but they woulde not heare ²⁰ And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest, which stoode by the people, and sayd vnto them, thus sayth God: Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde, that ye can not prosper? For because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you ²¹ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde

¹⁴ Moreouer, all the chiefe of the priestes and the people trespassed wonderfully after all maner of abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lorde which he had halowed in Hierusalem

²³ The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement

²⁴ Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth

¹⁴ The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, [and shall say to them:] It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses

¹ Wo be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes, and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse ² Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll

⁵ Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them, if they knowe the way of the Lord, and iudgementes of their God: But these [in lyke maner] haue broken the yoke, and burst the bondes in sunder

²⁸ Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie ²⁹ Should I not punishe these thinges saith the Lorde? should not I be auenged of all suche people as these be

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence

⁶ Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee [was redy] to his power to shed blood ⁷ In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse ⁸ Thou hast dispised my holy thynges, and defiled my Sabbathes ⁹ Tale tellers are there in thee to shed blood, in thee are such as eate vpon the hylles, and in thee they commit abhomination ¹⁰ In thee they discouered their fathers shame, in thee they haue humbled her that was set apart for pollution ¹¹ Euery man hath dealt shamefully with his neighbours wife, and abhominably defiled his daughter in lawe, in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter ¹² Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God

⁵ We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, yea we haue rebelled, & haue departed from thy preceptes, & from thy iudgementes ⁶ We woulde not obey thy seruauntes the prophetes, that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes, to our forefathers, and to all the people of the lande

¹⁸ Their drunkennesse stinketh, they haue committed whordome: their rulers loue [to say] with shame, Bryng ye

³ They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes ⁴ All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened ⁵ [This is] the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners

¹⁵ All their wickednesse is done at Gilgall, there do I abhorre them: for the vngratiousnesse of their owne inuentions I wyll driue them out of my house, I wyll loue them no more, for all their princes are vnfaithfull

¹ And I saide, heare I pray you O heads of Iacob, & ye princes of the house of Israel, shoulde not ye know iudgement ² [But] they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones ³ And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron

¹¹ (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.

³ Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge [iudgeth] for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp

¹⁰ Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart

⁵ And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes

¹³ And sayde vnto them, it is written: My house shalbe called the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of thieues

¹⁷ And he taught, saying vnto them: Is it not written, My house shalbe called the house of prayer vnto all nations? But ye haue made it a denne of thieues

² Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man ³ And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie ⁴ And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man ⁵ Yet because this widdowe [much] troubleth me, I wyll auenge her: leste she come at the last, & make me weery

⁴⁶ Saying vnto them, it is written: My house is the house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of thieues

⁵ And it came to passe on the morowe, that their rulers, and elders, & scribes ⁶ And Annas the chiefe priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kynrede of the hye priestes, were gathered together at Hierusalem ⁷ And when they had set them before them, they asked: by what power, or in what name haue ye done this ⁸ Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel ⁹ If we this day be examined of the good deede done to the sicke man, by what meanes he is made whole ¹⁰ Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raysed agayne from the dead: euen by hym doth this man stande here before you whole ¹¹ This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner