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The Unfaithful Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken in my midst.
    All my bones tremble.
I have become like a drunken man,
    even like a man over whom wine has passed,
because of Yahweh,
    and because of his holy words.[a]
10 For the land is full of adulterers;
    for the land mourns because of a curse.
The pastures of the desert[b] are dry,
    and their evil has been their way of running,
    and their power is not right.
11 “For both prophet as well as priest are godless,
    even in my temple I have found their wickedness,” declares[c] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:9 Literally “words of his holiness”
  2. Jeremiah 23:10 Or “wilderness”
  3. Jeremiah 23:11 Literally “a declaration of”

Lying Prophets

Concerning the prophets:

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

11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(H)
    even in my temple(I) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Or because of these things