Jeremiah 23:9-14

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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.