16 Those who guide(A) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.(B)

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16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

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16 For (A)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.

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14 The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;(A)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers(B) around in his vomit.

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14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

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14 The Lord has mingled (A)a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.

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But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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But they also (A)have erred through wine,
And through intoxicating drink are out of the way;
(B)The priest and the prophet have erred through intoxicating drink,
They are swallowed up by wine,
They are out of the way through intoxicating drink;
They err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

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Be stunned and amazed,(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;(B)
be drunk,(C) but not from wine,(D)
    stagger,(E) but not from beer.

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Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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The Blindness of Disobedience

Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
(A)They are drunk, (B)but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

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13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(A)
    and led my people Israel astray.(B)

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13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

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13 “And I have seen [a]folly in the prophets of Samaria:
(A)They prophesied by Baal
And (B)caused My people Israel to err.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:13 Lit. distastefulness

16 When they drink(A) it, they will stagger(B) and go mad(C) because of the sword(D) I will send among them.”

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16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

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16 And (A)they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.”

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This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

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Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

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Thus says the Lord (A)concerning the prophets
Who make my people stray;
Who chant [a]“Peace”
[b]While they (B)chew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him
(C)Who puts nothing into their mouths:

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:5 All is well
  2. Micah 3:5 For those who feed them