Jeremiah 23:10

Jeremiah 23:10

8 but, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country ^aand from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own ^bland.”

False Prophets and Empty Oracles

9 My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
^aAll my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the Lord,
And because of His holy words.

10 For ^athe land is full of adulterers;
For ^bbecause of a curse the land mourns.
^cThe pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course of life is evil,
And their might is not right.

11 “For ^aboth prophet and priest are profane;
Yes, ^bin My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.

12 “Therefore^a their way shall be to them
Like slippery ways;
In the darkness they shall be driven on
And fall in them;
For I ^bwill bring disaster on them,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.

13 “And I have seen¹ folly in the prophets of Samaria:
^aThey prophesied by Baal
And ^bcaused My people Israel to err.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Adulterers - Under this term all species of uncleanness are comprehended. Swearing - By false - swearing, or by idle and profane swearing. The pleasant places - The wrath of God was extended to all places whether more or less inhabited. Their courses - The prophets did not only err in single acts, but the whole course of their actions was evil, and particularly their power, rule and government, was not right.

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