Isa.56.11

Isaiah 56:11

KJV

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Israel’s Sinful Leaders

Cross References

Isaiah 1:3

KJV GOD

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Judah’s Rebellion

Isaiah 28:7

KJV

¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

The Captivity of Ephraim

Isaiah 57:17

KJV GOD

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

Healing for the Repentant

Jeremiah 6:13

KJV GOD

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jerusalem’s Final Warning

Jeremiah 8:10

KJV GOD

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Judah’s Sin and Punishment

Jeremiah 22:17

KJV GOD

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

A Warning about Jehoiakim

Ezekiel 13:19

KJV GOD

And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

Reproof of False Prophetesses

Hosea 4:8

KJV GOD

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

God’s Case against His People

Micah 3:5

KJV GOD

¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

Rulers and Prophets Condemned

Micah 3:11

KJV

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.