Let’s summarise God’s attitude as found through Jeremiah’s writings – the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations. What was God’s judgement of priests in the time of Jeremiah? Priests are referred to in many places throughout the book of Jeremiah, with most of them being quoted as the words of God. His family were all priests and his relatives would have been priests. Jeremiah starts his book by telling us that he was a priest. Did they do the job well? Are we told what God’s judgement of priests was? Jeremiah Not only that, but he selected Moses’ brother Aaron as priest, and said that his descendants after him would inherit this important task. Only the Levites worshipped God as he wanted them to and so he selected them as his special tribe in Israel. See verse in context And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.When God led the people of Israel out of Egypt to Mount Sinai, they quickly went astray while Moses was up on the mountain. See verse in context And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: See verse in context And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. See verse in context And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. See verse in context And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. See verse in context And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. See verse in context And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others himself he cannot save. See verse in context And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.įor this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him įor if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords īut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. See verse in context And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.īut the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? See verse in context And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, See verse in context And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. See verse in context And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.īut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.įor he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,īut the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death See verse in context And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. See verse in context And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. See verse in context And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. See verse in context And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.