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Instead, their oaths will be, ‘Yahweh brought the descendants of the nation of Israel out of the land of the north and all the lands where he[a] had scattered them. As Yahweh lives. . . .’ At that time they will live in their own land.

Warnings to the False Prophets

“Say this about the prophets:

I am deeply disturbed.
    All my bones tremble.
    I am like a drunk,
    like a person who has had too much wine,
        because of Yahweh and his holy words.
10 The land is filled with adulterers.
    The land mourns because of the curse.
    Pastures in the wilderness have dried up.
        The people are evil,
            and they use their strength to do the wrong things.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:8 Greek; Masoretic Text “I.”

but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(A)

Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart(B) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.(C)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.(D)
10 The land is full of adulterers;(E)
    because of the curse[a](F) the land lies parched
    and the pastures(G) in the wilderness are withered.(H)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things