Jeremiah 23:9-14
World English Bible
9 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 has overcome,
because of Yahweh,
and because of his holy words.
10 For the land is full of adulterers;
for because of the curse the land mourns.
The pastures of the wilderness have dried up.
Their course is evil,
and their might is not right;
11 for both prophet and priest are profane.
Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says Yahweh.
12 Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness.
They will be driven on,
and fall therein;
for I will bring evil on them,
even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh.
13 “I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria.
They prophesied by Baal,
and caused my people Israel to err.
14 In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing:
they commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one returns from his wickedness.
They have all become to me as Sodom,
and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”
Jeremiah 23:9-14
English Standard Version
Lying Prophets
9 Concerning the prophets:
(A)My heart is broken within me;
(B)all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and because of his holy words.
10 (C)For the land is full of adulterers;
(D)because of the curse (E)the land mourns,
and (F)the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
(G)Their course is evil,
and their might is not right.
11 (H)“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even (I)in my house I have found their evil,
declares the Lord.
12 (J)Therefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths (K)in the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
(L)in the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of (M)Samaria
(N)I saw an unsavory thing:
(O)they prophesied by Baal
(P)and led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
(Q)they commit adultery and walk in lies;
(R)they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
(S)all of them have become like Sodom to me,
(T)and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
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