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 because of the curse,
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,^(C)
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
¹² Therefore, their way will be to them
like slippery paths in the gloom.^(D)
They will be driven away and fall down there,
for I will bring disaster on them,
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹³ Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw something disgusting:
They prophesied by^[b] Baal
and led My people Israel astray.^(E)
14 Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:
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^(F) to Me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

I am about to feed them wormwood
and give them poisoned water to drink,^(G)
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness^[c] has spread throughout the land.

¹⁸ For who has stood in the council^(I) of the Lord
to see and hear His word?
Who has paid attention to His word and obeyed?
¹⁹ Look, a storm from the Lord!^(J)
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
²⁰ The Lord’s anger will not turn back
until He has completely fulfilled the purposes of His heart.
In time to come you will understand it clearly.^(K)

²¹ I did not send these prophets,^(L)
yet they ran with a message.
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
²² If they had really stood in My council,
they would have enabled My people to hear My words
and would have turned them back from their evil ways
and their evil deeds.