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Jeremiah 23:9

& As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, All my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, Even like a man overcome with wine, Because of the LORD And because of His holy words.

Jere 23:10

& For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right.

Jere 23:11

& "For both prophet and priest are polluted; Even in My house I have found their wickedness," declares the LORD.

Jere 23:12

& "Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring calamity upon them, The year of their punishment," declares the LORD.

Jere 23:13

& "Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

Jere 23:14

& "Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Jere 23:15

& "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets, `Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Pollution has gone forth into all the land."'

Jere 23:16

& Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the LORD.

Jere 23:17

& "They keep saying to those who despise Me, `The LORD has said, "You will have peace"'; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, They say, `Calamity will not come upon you.'

Jere 23:18

& "But who has stood in the council of the LORD, That he should see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and listened?

Jere 23:19

& "Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

Jere 23:20

& "The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.

Jere 23:21

& "I did not send {these} prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied.

Jere 23:22

& "But if they had stood in My council, Then they would have announced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds.

Jeremiah 23:9

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