False Prophets Condemned

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me,(A)
and all my bones tremble.
I have become like a drunkard,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord,
because of his holy words.

10 For the land is full of adulterers;(B)
the land mourns(C) because of the curse,(D)
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life[a] has become evil,
and their power is not rightly used

11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,(E)
even in my house(F) I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
12 Therefore, their way will seem
like slippery paths in the gloom.(G)
They will be driven away and fall down there,
for I will bring disaster on them,
the year of their punishment.(H)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
13 Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw something disgusting:
They prophesied by Baal
and led my people Israel astray.(I)

14 Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:(J)
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom(K) to me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

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Notas al pie

  1. 23:10 Lit Their manner of running

The Unfaithful Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken in my midst.
    All my bones tremble.
I have become like a drunken man,
    even like a man over whom wine has passed,
because of Yahweh,
    and because of his holy words.[a]
10 For the land is full of adulterers;
    for the land mourns because of a curse.
The pastures of the desert[b] 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[c] Yahweh.
12 Therefore[d] 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[e] Yahweh.
13 “Now in the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing.
    They prophesied by Baal and they caused my people Israel to err.
14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible.
    They commit adultery, and they walk in lies,[f]
and they make strong the hands of evildoers,
    so that they have not turned back each from his wickedness.
All of them have become to me like Sodom,
    and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 23:9 Literally “words of his holiness”
  2. Jeremiah 23:10 Or “wilderness”
  3. Jeremiah 23:11 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 23:12 Literally “To thus”
  5. Jeremiah 23:12 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 23:14 Hebrew “the lie”