Jeremiah 23:9-14

New International Reader's Version

My heart is broken inside me.
    All my bones tremble with fear.
I am like a man who is drunk.
    I am like a strong man who has had too much wine.
That’s what the Lord’s holy words
    have done to me.
¹⁰ The land is full of people
    who aren’t faithful to the Lord.
Now the land is under his curse.
    And that’s why it is thirsty for water.
    That’s why the desert grasslands are dry.
The prophets are leading sinful lives.
    They don’t use their power in the right way.

¹¹ “Prophets and priests alike are ungodly,”
    announces the Lord.
    “Even in my temple I find them sinning.
¹² So their path will become slippery.
    They will be thrown out into darkness.
    There they will fall.
I will bring trouble on them
    when the time to punish them comes,”
    announces the Lord.

¹³ “Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw something I can’t stand.
They were prophesying in the name of Baal.
    They were leading my people Israel astray.
¹⁴ I have also seen something horrible among Jerusalem’s prophets.
    They are not faithful to me.
    They are not living by the truth.
They strengthen the hands of those who do evil.
    So not one of them turns from their sinful ways.
All of them are like the people of Sodom to me.
    They are just like the people of Gomorrah.”