Isaiah 29:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ God will destroy those who slander others. He will destroy those who prevent the punishment of criminals and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.

⁶ they would tell him to say »Shibboleth.« But he would say »Sibboleth,« because he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would kill him at the Jordan River crossing. Forty-two thousand of the Ephraimites were killed.

²¹ It is not good to show partiality for a man will transgress for a piece of bread.

⁷ As for a rogue, his weapons are evil. He devises wicked schemes to destroy the afflicted with slander, even though the needy one speaks what is right.

¹⁸ Then they said: »Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.«

⁷ O Jehovah, You have deceived me. I was deceived! You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. ⁸ Each time I speak, I cry aloud. I proclaim violence and destruction! For me the word of Jehovah has resulted in reproach and derision all day long. ⁹ But if I say: »I will not remember him or speak anymore in his name,« then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in. I cannot endure it. ¹⁰ For I have heard the whispering of many: »Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!« All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: »Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.«

² Jehovah said to me: »Stand in the court of the Temple and proclaim all I have commanded you to say to the people who come from the towns of Judah to worship there. Do not omit anything. ³ »Perhaps the people will listen and give up their evil ways. If they do I will change my mind about the destruction I plan to bring on them for all their wicked deeds. ⁴ »‘Jehovah told me to say to the people: ‘I Jehovah said that you must obey me by following the teaching that I gave you. ⁵ »‘»You are to pay attention to the words of my servants, the prophets, whom I kept sending to you. You have never obeyed what they said. ⁶ If you continue to disobey I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse.’«’« ⁷ The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard me saying these things in the Temple. ⁸ As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: »You ought to be killed for this!

¹⁹ ‘»You dishonor me in front of my people for a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. You kill people who should not die. You spare the lives of people who should not live. You lie to my people who are willing to listen.«’

¹⁰ You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity). ¹¹ You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them. ¹² I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: »Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.« ¹¹ Amos said: »Jeroboam will die by the sword. Israel will surely be led away captive (in exile) out of his land.« ¹² Amaziah said to Amos: »Go, run away, you seer. Go into the land of Judah. Eat bread and prophesy there. ¹³ »Do not prophesy any more at Bethel for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.« ¹⁴ Amos told Amaziah, »I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son. I was a herdsman, and a grower of sycamore figs. ¹⁵ »Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me: ‘Go prophesy to my people Israel.’« ¹⁶ Now hear the word of Jehovah: »You say, do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac.« ¹⁷ Jehovah proclaims: »Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by measuring line. You will die in a land that is unclean. Israel will surely be led away captive out of his land.«

⁶ »Do not prophesy to me. They prophesy. But they will not prophesy these things. ⁷ »Will it be said, O house of Jacob, ‘Is the Spirit of Jehovah impatient? Are these his doings? Do my words not do good for he who walks uprightly?’

⁵ »I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence,« said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁵ The Pharisees took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.

¹⁵ He asked them: »What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?« They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

⁵³ When he left there the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile with him. They tried to quarrel with him about many things. ⁵⁴ They plotted against him and tried to catch him in something he might say.

¹⁴ »You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be released to you.

⁶ You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one. He does not resist you.