Strong's Lexicon Her prophets נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ (nə·ḇî·’e·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5030: 1) spokesman, speaker, prophet 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet are reckless, פֹּֽחֲזִ֔ים (pō·ḥă·zîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6348: 1) (Qal) to be wanton, be reckless, be frothy faithless בֹּֽגְד֑וֹת (bō·ḡə·ḏō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 900: 1) treacherous, treacherousness, men of treacherous behaviour men. אַנְשֵׁ֖י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 582: 1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind Her priests כֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙ (kō·hă·ne·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest profane חִלְּלוּ־ (ḥil·lə·lū-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2490: 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a1a) ritually 1a1b) sexually 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour 1b3) to violate (a covenant) 1b4) to treat as common 1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let be profaned 1d2) to begin 1e) (Hophal) to be begun 2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore 2a) (Qal) to pierce 2b) (Pual) to be slain 2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce 2d) (Poal) to be wounded 3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe the sanctuary; קֹ֔דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6944: 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness they do violence to חָמְס֖וּ (ḥā·mə·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2554: 1) to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly 1a) (Qal) to treat violently, do wrong 1a1) of physical wrong 1a2) of ethical wrong 1a3) of physical and ethical wrong 1b) (Niphal) to be treated violently the law. תּוֹרָֽה׃ (tō·w·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8451: 1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHer prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. Young's Literal Translation Her prophets unstable—men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law. Holman Christian Standard Bible Her prophets are reckless — treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction. New American Standard Bible Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. King James Bible Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Parallel Verses New International Version Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law. New Living Translation Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain. Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God's instructions. English Standard Version Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law. New American Standard Bible Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. King James Bible Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Holman Christian Standard Bible Her prophets are reckless-- treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction. International Standard Version Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law. NET Bible Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws. American Standard Version Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. English Revised Version Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. Young's Literal Translation Her prophets unstable -- men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law. Cross References Judges 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. Jeremiah 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ezekiel 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. Malachi 1:6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Malachi 2:7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. Malachi 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. Zephaniah 1:1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 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