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but ‘As the Lord lives who brought out and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the land of the north and out of all the lands where he[a] had driven them.’ Then they shall live in their own land.

False Prophets of Hope Denounced

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is crushed within me,
    all my bones shake;
I have become like a drunkard,
    like one overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and because of his holy words.
10 For the land is full of adulterers;
    because of the curse the land mourns,
    and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course has been evil,
    and their might is not right.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:8 Gk: Heb 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