Jeremiah 23:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹²Now I will punish you
with disaster,
and you will slip and fall
in the darkness.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

¹³The prophets in Samaria
    were repulsive to me,
because they preached
in the name of Baal
    and led my people astray.
¹⁴^(A) And you prophets in Jerusalem
    are even worse.
You're unfaithful in marriage^[a]
    and never tell the truth.^[b]
You even lead others to sin
instead of helping them
    turn back to me.
You and the people of Jerusalem
are evil like Sodom
    and Gomorrah.^[c]

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Footnotes

23.14 in marriage: Or “to me.”
23.14 never tell the truth: Or “worship other gods.”
23.14 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two cities that the Lord destroyed because their people were so evil (see Genesis 18.16—19.29).