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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.”

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Judgment on False Prophets

My heart is broken because of the false prophets,
    and my bones tremble.
I stagger like a drunkard,
    like someone overcome by wine,
because of the holy words
    the Lord has spoken against them.
10 For the land is full of adultery,
    and it lies under a curse.
The land itself is in mourning—
    its wilderness pastures are dried up.
For they all do evil
    and abuse what power they have.

11 “Even the priests and prophets
    are ungodly, wicked men.
I have seen their despicable acts
    right here in my own Temple,”
    says the Lord.
12 “Therefore, the paths they take
    will become slippery.
They will be chased through the dark,
    and there they will fall.
For I will bring disaster upon them
    at the time fixed for their punishment.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

13 “I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil,
    for they prophesied in the name of Baal
    and led my people of Israel into sin.
14 But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
    They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
    so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
    as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

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