Jeremiah 23:9-15

Common English Bible

⁹ As for the prophets:
My heart inside me is broken;
    my body aches.^[a]
I stagger like a drunk
    who has had too much wine to drink,
        because of the Lord
        and because of God’s holy words.
¹⁰ Because the country teems
    with adulterers,
    because of them,^[b]
        yes, because their might isn’t right
        and their way is evil,
        the land dries up,
        and the grazing areas in the wilderness wither.^[c]
11 Both prophet and priest are godless;
    I even find their evil in my temple,
        declares the Lord.
¹² Therefore, they will find themselves on slippery ground
    and will be thrust into darkness,
    where they will collapse.
I will bring disaster upon them,
    when their time comes, declares the Lord.
¹³ In the prophets of Samaria
    I saw something shocking:
    They prophesied by Baal
        and led astray my people Israel.
¹⁴ In the prophets of Jerusalem
    I saw something horrible:
    They commit adultery and tell lies.
    They encourage evildoers
        so that no one turns from their wickedness.
In my eyes, they are no better than Sodom;
    its people are like Gomorrah.

    I’m going to feed them bitter food
        and give them poison to drink.
Wickedness has spread from the prophets of Jerusalem
    throughout the land.