Jeremiah 23:14-16
International Standard Version
14 Among 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.”
15 Therefore, 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.”
16 This 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]
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
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