And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh said to me, “A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- BSB And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- NKJV And the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- NASB Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- NLT Again the Lord spoke to me and said, “I have discovered a conspiracy against me among the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
God reveals a 'conspiracy' among the people of Judah and Jerusalem against Him.
Overview
The 'conspiracy' is their united, deliberate return to idolatry in violation of the covenant. Rather than isolated sin, it is a corporate, willful rebellion against the LORD. Such collective hardness shows why only God's gracious initiative, ultimately in Christ, can reconcile a rebellious people to Himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Hos 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- Matt 26:3–4Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- Acts 23:12–15And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Mic 3:11The 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.
- Ezek 22:25–31There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
- Jer 6:13For 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.
- John 11:53Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
- Jer 8:10Therefore 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.
- Matt 26:15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Matt 21:38–39But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Mic 7:2–3The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Zeph 3:1–4Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
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