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10 For the land is full of adulterers;
    for the land mourns because of a curse.
The pastures of the desert[a] are dry,
    and their evil has been their way of running,
    and their power is not right.
11 “For both prophet as well as priest are godless,
    even in my temple I have found their wickedness,” declares[b] Yahweh.
12 Therefore[c] their way will be to them like the slippery places,
    they will be pushed in the darkness,
and they will fall into it,
    for I will bring disaster on them in the year of their punishment,” declares[d] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or “wilderness”
  2. Jeremiah 23:11 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 23:12 Literally “To thus”
  4. Jeremiah 23:12 Literally “a declaration of”

10 The land is full of adulterers;(A)
    because of the curse[a](B) the land lies parched
    and the pastures(C) in the wilderness are withered.(D)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(E)
    even in my temple(F) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(G)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,(H)
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things