But those in Jerusalem ¹  will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, ²  but the king of Babylon ³  will accuse them of violations ⁴  in order to seize them. ⁵ 

You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; ¹  you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” ²  says the Lord who rules over all.

He answered them, ¹  “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ¹  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ² 

Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about ¹  from the day that Amnon ²  humiliated his sister Tamar.

Jacob’s sons killed them ¹  and looted the city because their sister had been violated. ² 

“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity ¹  to have sexual intercourse with her.

You must not have sexual intercourse ¹  with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash ¹  they come rolling in. ² 

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. ¹ 

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, ¹  which violates your law. ² 

Indeed, ¹  the scepter of a wicked king ²  will not settle ³  upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong. ⁴ 

The one who goes about slandering others ¹  reveals ²  secrets, but the one who is trustworthy ³  conceals a matter.

The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”

You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day ¹  they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their ¹  hands when they eat.” ² 

The man ¹  said to him, “Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed ²  all these laws ³  since my youth.” ⁴ 

There was also a widow ¹  in that city ²  who kept coming ³  to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’