Jeremiah 23:9-14

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My heart is ·broken [^Lshattered within me].
    All my bones shake.
I’m like someone who is drunk,
    like someone who has been ·overcome [inebriated] with wine.
This is because of the Lord
    and his holy words.
¹⁰ The land [^Cof Judah] is full of people who are guilty of adultery.
    Because of the curse the land ·is sad [mourns],
    and the pastures of the ·desert [wilderness] have dried up.
The people [Their lives/^Lcourses] are evil
    and ·they use their power in the wrong way [^Ltheir power is not right].

¹¹ “Both the prophets and the priests are ungodly.
    I have found even in my own ·Temple [^Lhouse],” says the Lord.
¹² “So their ·lives [^Lways; paths] will be slippery and dark [^Cthey will be in danger].
    They will ·be defeated [^Lfall].
I will bring ·disaster [evil; trouble] on them
    in the year I punish them,” says the Lord.

¹³ “I saw the prophets of Samaria [^Ccapital of the northern kingdom destroyed in 722 bc]
    do something ·wrong [disgusting].
Those prophets prophesied by Baal
    and led my people Israel away [Deut. 13:1–5].
¹⁴ And I have seen the prophets of Jerusalem
    do ·terrible [shocking] things.
They are guilty of adultery
    and ·live [walk] by lies.
They ·encourage [strengthen] ·evil people to keep on doing evil [^Lthe hands of evildoers],
    so the people don’t ·stop sinning [^Lturn back from their evil].
All of those people are like the city of Sodom.
    The people of Jerusalem are like the city of Gomorrah to me [^Csinful and soon to be punished; Gen. 18–19]!”