prophets: The prophets employed all their ingenuity to varnish over the crimes of the princes (the antecedent to them), to palliate their offences, and to conceal their faults, while they were like ravening wolves, and took bribes to shed innocent blood. By these means they shared the dishonest gains with the princes, or availed themselves of their authority to gratify their avarice or revenge. Ezekiel 22:25, Ezekiel 13:10-16; Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 8:10-11
Thus saith the Lord: Ezekiel 13:6-7; Jeremiah 23:21, Jeremiah 28:2, Jeremiah 28:15, Jeremiah 29:8-9, Jeremiah 37:19