שַׂר

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.

The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.

All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.