Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves