Jeremiah 23:6-16

6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.
7 “So then, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’
8 but they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”

Lying Prophets

9 Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a strong man overcome by wine, because of the LORDand his holy words.
10 The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse[a] the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.
11 “Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,” declares the LORD.
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that not one of them turns from their wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
16 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

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Cross References 30

  • 1. S Leviticus 25:18; S Deuteronomy 32:8; Hosea 2:18
  • 2. Exodus 23:21; Jeremiah 33:16; Matthew 1:21-23
  • 3. S Ezra 9:15; S Isaiah 42:6; Romans 3:21-22; S 1 Corinthians 1:30
  • 4. Jeremiah 30:3
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 15:15; Jeremiah 16:14
  • 6. S Isaiah 14:1; S Isaiah 43:5-6; Jeremiah 30:10; Ezekiel 20:42; Ezekiel 34:13; Amos 9:14-15
  • 7. S Jeremiah 4:19
  • 8. S Job 4:14
  • 9. Jeremiah 20:8-9
  • 10. S Jeremiah 9:2
  • 11. Deuteronomy 28:23-24
  • 12. Psalms 107:34; S Jeremiah 9:10
  • 13. S Jeremiah 4:26; S Jeremiah 12:11; Hosea 4:2-3
  • 14. Jeremiah 6:13; S Jeremiah 8:10; Zephaniah 3:4
  • 15. S 2 Kings 21:4; S Jeremiah 7:10
  • 16. S Deuteronomy 32:35; S Job 3:23; Psalms 35:6; Jeremiah 13:16
  • 17. Jeremiah 11:23
  • 18. S 1 Kings 18:22; Jeremiah 2:8
  • 19. ver 32; S Isaiah 3:12; Ezekiel 13:10
  • 20. S Jeremiah 5:30; Hosea 6:10
  • 21. Jeremiah 29:23
  • 22. ver 22; Ezekiel 13:22
  • 23. S Isaiah 5:18
  • 24. S Genesis 18:20; Matthew 11:24
  • 25. Isaiah 1:9-10; Jeremiah 20:16; Amos 4:11
  • 26. S Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15
  • 27. S Jeremiah 8:10
  • 28. Jer 27:9-10,14; S Matthew 7:15
  • 29. S Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:3
  • 30. Jeremiah 9:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "because of these things"
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