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From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one <i>is</i> given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone <i>is</i> given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For from the least of them to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet to the priest Everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices lying.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for [unfair] gain; And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals deceitfully.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"All of them, from the least important to the most important, are eager to make money dishonestly. All of them, from prophets to priests, act deceitfully.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly; even prophets and priests cheat the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“For from their least to their greatest, "" Everyone is gaining dishonest gain, "" And from prophet even to priest, "" Everyone is dealing falsely,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For from their little even to their great, every one plundering, plundered; and from the prophet and even to the priest every one did falsehood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Small and great alike, all are greedy for gain; prophet and priest, all practice fraud. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one commits treachery; and from the false prophets even to the priests every one of them deals falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because from the least of them and unto the greatest of them, they all commit deceit, and from the lying Prophet and unto the Priest, all practice falsehood <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them Every one is greedy for gain; And from the prophet even unto the priest Every one dealeth falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all wrought falsely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1869" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Jerusalem's Final Warning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">“For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="6996: miq·qə·ṭan·nām (Prep-m:: Adj-msc:: 3mp) -- Small, young, unimportant. Or qaton; from quwt; abbreviated, i.e. Diminutive, literally or figuratively.">from the least of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·w·lām (Adj-msc:: 3mp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">the greatest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1214.htm" title="1214: bō·w·ṣê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To cut off, break off, gain by violence. A primitive root to break off, i.e. plunder; figuratively, to finish, or stop.">are greedy</a> <a href="/hebrew/1215.htm" title="1215: bā·ṣa‘ (N-ms) -- Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit. From batsa'; plunder; by extension, gain.">for gain;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: ū·min·nā·ḇî (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">from prophet</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">practice</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: šā·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">deceit.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Ezekiel 22:27</a></span><br />Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a></span><br />Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm">Hosea 4:8</a></span><br />They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Zephaniah 3:3-4</a></span><br />Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. / Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Luke 16:14</a></span><br />The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">2 Peter 2:3</a></span><br />In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a></span><br />Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-3</a></span><br />“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? / You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></span><br />Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a></span><br />And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-40.htm">Mark 12:40</a></span><br />They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.</p><p class="hdg">For.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Jeremiah 8:10</a></b></br> Therefore will I give their wives unto others, <i>and</i> their fields to them that shall inherit <i>them</i>: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a></b></br> If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:17</a></b></br> But thine eyes and thine heart <i>are</i> not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do <i>it</i>.</p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Jeremiah 2:8,26</a></b></br> The priests said not, Where <i>is</i> the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after <i>things that</i> do not profit… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31</a></b></br> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love <i>to have it</i> so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Jeremiah 23:11,14,15</a></b></br> For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Covetousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Dealeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Gaining</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/psalms/137-6.htm">Greatest</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Least</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Money</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-9.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Covetousness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Dealeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Dealing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Deals</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Gaining</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-13.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Greatest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Least</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Money</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-10.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">The enemies sent against Judah,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">encourage themselves.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">God sets them on work because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">He proclaims God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For from the least of them to the greatest</b><br>This phrase indicates the pervasive nature of the corruption in Judah. It highlights that the problem of greed and moral decay is not limited to a specific class or group but affects the entire society. This mirrors the situation in other parts of the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Micah 7:3-4</a>, where societal corruption is widespread. The phrase underscores the universality of sin, a theme that is consistent throughout Scripture, emphasizing that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (<a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a>).<p><b>all are greedy for gain</b><br>Greed is identified as a root cause of the societal decay. This greed for material wealth and power is condemned throughout the Bible, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a> and <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a>, where the love of money is described as the root of all kinds of evil. The pursuit of dishonest gain is a violation of the commandments and reflects a heart turned away from God. This greed contrasts with the biblical call to contentment and trust in God's provision (<a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Philippians 4:11-13</a>).<p><b>from prophet to priest</b><br>The mention of both prophets and priests indicates that even those who were supposed to be spiritual leaders and guides for the people were complicit in the corruption. This echoes the criticism found in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26-28</a>, where religious leaders are accused of failing to distinguish between the holy and the common. The failure of these leaders to uphold God's standards is a significant factor in the nation's spiritual decline.<p><b>all practice deceit</b><br>Deceit among the leaders and people reflects a broader theme of unfaithfulness to God. This deceit is not only a personal sin but also a betrayal of the covenant relationship with God, as seen in <a href="/hosea/4.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a>. The practice of deceit is contrary to the nature of God, who is truth (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>), and it undermines the trust and justice that should characterize a godly society. This deceit is a precursor to judgment, as God cannot tolerate sin indefinitely.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets_and_priests.htm">Prophets and Priests</a></b><br>Religious leaders in ancient Israel who were expected to guide the people in spiritual matters but are here accused of deceit.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to widespread corruption and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The context of this passage is a warning of impending judgment due to the pervasive sinfulness of the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>From the least to the greatest, they are described as being greedy for gain, indicating a societal-wide moral decay.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pervasiveness_of_sin.htm">The Pervasiveness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin can infiltrate every level of society, from the least to the greatest. We must be vigilant in examining our own lives for areas where greed and deceit may have taken root.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leaders.htm">The Responsibility of Leaders</a></b><br>Religious and community leaders have a heightened responsibility to act with integrity. Their actions can lead others astray or guide them toward righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_greed.htm">The Danger of Greed</a></b><br>Greed is a powerful motivator that can lead to deceit and corruption. Christians are called to be content and to seek first the kingdom of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as Jeremiah called Judah to repentance, we are called to turn away from sin and seek God's forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_truth.htm">The Importance of Truth</a></b><br>Practicing deceit is contrary to God's nature. As followers of Christ, we are called to live in truth and transparency.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jeremiah_9_4's_claim_realistic_or_exaggerated.htm">In Jeremiah 9:4, is the sweeping claim that brothers deceive each other founded on real social conditions or an exaggerated portrayal? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lamentations_4_13_align_with_communal_guilt.htm">(Lamentations 4:13) How does blaming prophets and priests for the downfall align or conflict with other biblical teachings on communal guilt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_aren't_prophets'_betrayals_recorded.htm">In Jeremiah 2:8, why do historical records and other biblical accounts seemingly fail to mention the prophets and priests abandoning the Lord so decisively?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Is given to covetousness.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">gained gain. </span>The Hebrew word (as in <a href="/genesis/37-26.htm" title="And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?">Genesis 37:26</a>; <a href="/job/22-2.htm" title="Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?">Job 22:2</a>) does not necessarily involve the idea of dishonest gain, though this (as in <a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm" title="So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.">Proverbs 1:19</a>; <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm" title="Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!">Habakkuk 2:9</a>) is often implied. What the prophet condemns is the universal desire of gain (<span class= "ital">rem<span class= "bld"> . . .</span> rem<span class= "bld"> . . .</span></span> <span class= "ital">quocunque modo rem</span>)<span class= "ital">, </span>sure to lead, as in the second clause, to a gratification of it by fair means or foul.<p><span class= "bld">From the prophet even unto the priest . . .</span>--The two orders that ought to have checked the evil are noted as having been foremost in promoting it. (Comp. Note on <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm" title="The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?">Jeremiah 5:31</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Given to covetousness</span>; literally, <span class="accented">gaineth gain</span>; but the word here rendered "gain" implies that it is unrighteous gain (the root means "to tear"), Unjust gain and murder are repeatedly singled out in the Old Testament as representative sins (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a>; <a href="/psalms/119-36.htm">Psalm 119:36</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a>; and see my note on Isaiah 57:17). There is a special reason for the selection of "covetousness" here. Land was the object of a high-born Jew's ambition, and expulsion from his land was his appropriate punishment (comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8, 9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the least of them</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְּטַנָּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qə·ṭan·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm">Strong's 6996: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small, young, unimportant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the greatest,</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדוֹלָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are greedy</span><br /><span class="heb">בּוֹצֵ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(bō·w·ṣê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1214.htm">Strong's 1214: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, break off, gain by violence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for gain.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֑צַע</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ṣa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1215.htm">Strong's 1215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">From prophet</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִנָּבִיא֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·min·nā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַד־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">priest,</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּהֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">practice</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֥שֶׂה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deceit.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָּֽׁקֶר׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deception, disappointment, falsehood</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>