Jeremiah 6:13-14

Impending Disaster for Jerusalem

¹³ _z "For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone _a is greedy for unjust gain;
and from _b prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
¹⁴ They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, _c 'Peace, peace,'
_d when there is no peace.

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 31:34
   And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
   Jeremiah 44:12
   I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed. From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, and they shall become an oath, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.
   Jonah 3:5
   And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 56:11
   The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 14:18
   If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'
   Jeremiah 23:11
   Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the Lord.
   Micah 3:11
   Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.
   Jeremiah 5:31
   The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 4:10
   Then I said, "Ah, Lord God, surely you have utt...
   Jeremiah 14:13
   Then I said: "Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophet...
   Jeremiah 23:17
   They say continually to those who despise the w...
   Ezekiel 13:10
   Precisely because they have misled my people, s...
   Micah 3:5
   Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who ...
   John 14:27
   Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you....
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 48:22
   "There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked."
   Isaiah 57:21
   There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked.
   Ezekiel 7:25
   When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there shall be none.