False Prophets and Empty Oracles
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.
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.
Yes, bin My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
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.
aThey prophesied by Baal
And bcaused My people Israel to err.
aThey commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also bstrengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like cSodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
‘Behold, I will feed them with awormwood,
And make them drink the water of gall;
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
1Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ”
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They make you worthless;
aThey speak a vision of their own heart,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
‘The Lord has said, a“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who bwalks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say,
c‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”
| << Jeremiah 23:10 | Jeremiah 23:12 >> |
American Standard Version
for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
Amplified® Bible
For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly {and} profane; even in My house have I found their wickedness, says the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD told me to say: You prophets and priests think so little of me, the LORD, that you even sin in my own temple!
Darby English Version
For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
Good News Bible
The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
King James Version
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"For both prophet and priest are polluted; Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD."
New International Version
"Both prophet and priest are godless;
even in my temple I find their wickedness,"
declares the LORD.
New King James Version
“ For both prophet and priest are profane;
Yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the LORD.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For both prophet and priest have polluted themselves; Even in My house I have found their wickedness," declares the LORD.
Revised Standard Version
"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.
New English Translation
Moreover,1 the Lord says,2 “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
| << Jeremiah 23:10 | Jeremiah 23:12 >> |
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