Stemming The Tide-2 Series

The Hebrew text has aybn(“prophets”[also :28]) while the LXX has aysn(“princes”[See :27]).

The land(:24) of Israel remaining uncleansed thru YHWH’s indignation is directly related to the faithless operations of the “prophets”/princes themselves!

There ARE “prophets” in Israel’s “midst.” But yet these “prophets” are not agents of God’s healing, direction, & correction. Rather they have become agents of the destruction of their own “people.”

These “prophets” are going against the very God who called & blessed them!

The “prophet’s” lack of faithfulness with the revelation of God, has made them culpable so as to “devour” “people” in the same manner as does a brute beast such as a “lion.”

By means of “roaring,” lions openly & simultaneously...

1)Call others of like mind to the kill, —(focus on ME)

2)Announce their personal prowess in attaining the kill, & —(focus on ME)

3)Protect their portion of the kill.—(focus on ME)

These treasonous(“conspiracy”) “prophets” forsake their own ‘country’(God) for the sake of personal gain/profit.

Jer. 11:9—“And the LORD said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah & among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. “They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, & they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel & the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”

Such “prophets,” by means of their faithlessness, indeed “take” from others, that which is “treasured” & “precious.” Prophesying lies, they act as thieves. By so doing they have left “many” a “widow” in their wake among God’s chosen people.

Mat. 23:11-15—“But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, & he who humbles himself will be exalted. But woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, & for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. “Woe to you, scribes & Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land & sea to win one proselyte, & when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.”

Rev. 18:9-13—“The kings of the earth who committed fornication & lived luxuriously with her will weep & lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, “standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’ “And the merchants of the earth will weep & mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold & silver, precious stones & pearls, fine linen & purple, silk & scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, & marble; & cinnamon & incense, fragrant oil & frankincense, wine & oil, fine flour & wheat, cattle & sheep, horses & chariots, & bodies & souls of men.”