Jeremiah 23:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴Among the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing,
    for they commit adultery and live a lie.
They strengthen the hands of those who do evil,
    so that no one repents of his evil.
All of them are like Sodom to me,
    and her^[a] residents like Gomorrah.”

¹⁵Therefore, this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies says about the prophets,

“I’m about to make them eat wormwood^[b]
and drink poisoned water,
because godlessness has spread from the
prophets of Jerusalem throughout the land.”

¹⁶This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says:

“Don’t listen to the words of the prophets
    who are prophesying to you;
        they’re giving you false hopes.
They declare visions from their own minds—
    they don’t come from the Lord!^[c]

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 23:14 I.e. Jerusalem’s
Jeremiah 23:15 Wormwood is a plant with an extremely bitter taste
Jeremiah 23:16 Lit. not from the mouth of the Lord

Jeremiah 23:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(A)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(B)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(C)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(D)
They are all like Sodom^(E) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(F)

¹⁵Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,^(G)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness^(H) has spread throughout the land.”

¹⁶This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Do not listen^(I) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions^(J) from their own minds,
not from the mouth^(K) of the Lord.

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Jeremiah 23:14-16

King James Version

¹⁴I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

¹⁵Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

¹⁶Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

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