Jeremiah 6:28
All of these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.
Psalms 50:20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
Isaiah 1:4Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.
Jeremiah 5:23But the heart of this people is become hard of belief and provoking, they are revolted and gone away.
Jeremiah 7:28And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth.
Jeremiah 9:4Let every man take heed of his neighbor, and let his not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 6:19-30
Equity of Divine Judgments; Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 608.) 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the… Read the whole commentary →