For they know not to do right, said the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. Treasury of Scripture they. Psalm 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not on the LORD. Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil... Jeremiah 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 2 Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old... who. Habakkuk 2:8-11 Because you have spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil you; because of men's blood... Zephaniah 1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. Zechariah 5:3,4 Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth... James 5:3,4 Your gold and silver is corroded; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire... robbery. or, spoil.
Context Witnesses Against Israel
1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 5Can a bird fall in a snare on the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? 6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it? 7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. 8The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy? 9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the middle thereof, and the oppressed in the middle thereof. 10For they know not to do right, said the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled. 12Thus said the LORD; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. 13Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob, said the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, 14That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel on him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 15And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, said the LORD. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
Darby Bible Translation
and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.
King James Bible
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Young's Literal Translation
And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.
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