OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

Jeremiah 23:13

World English Bible Updated

“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria.

They prophesied by Baal,

and caused my people Israel to err.

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Jeremiah 23:10–16

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“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 the LORD.

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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 the LORD.

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“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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Therefore the LORD of Armies says concerning the prophets:

“Behold, I will feed them with wormwood,

and make them drink poisoned water;

for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”

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The LORD of Armies says,

“Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.

They teach you vanity.

They speak a vision of their own heart,

and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

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