10 For the land is full of adulterers, and because of oaths the land mourneth, the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their [a]course is evil, and their force is not right.

11 For both the Prophet and the Priest [b]do wickedly: and their wickedness have I found in mine [c]House, saith the Lord.

12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven forth and fall therein: for I will bring a plague upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 They run headlong to wickedness, and seek vain help.
  2. Jeremiah 23:11 Or, are hypocrites.
  3. Jeremiah 23:11 My Temple is full of their idolatry and superstitions.

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