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but, As Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of [a]swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right;

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  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or, the curse

but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(A)

Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart(B) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.(C)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.(D)
10 The land is full of adulterers;(E)
    because of the curse[a](F) the land lies parched
    and the pastures(G) in the wilderness are withered.(H)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

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  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things