Jeremiah 23:11-21

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.
17 They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The LORD says: You will have peace.’ And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORDto see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm of the LORDwill burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

Cross References 27

  • 1. Jeremiah 6:13; S Jeremiah 8:10; Zephaniah 3:4
  • 2. S 2 Kings 21:4; S Jeremiah 7:10
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 32:35; S Job 3:23; Psalms 35:6; Jeremiah 13:16
  • 4. Jeremiah 11:23
  • 5. S 1 Kings 18:22; Jeremiah 2:8
  • 6. ver 32; S Isaiah 3:12; Ezekiel 13:10
  • 7. S Jeremiah 5:30; Hosea 6:10
  • 8. Jeremiah 29:23
  • 9. ver 22; Ezekiel 13:22
  • 10. S Isaiah 5:18
  • 11. S Genesis 18:20; Matthew 11:24
  • 12. Isaiah 1:9-10; Jeremiah 20:16; Amos 4:11
  • 13. S Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15
  • 14. S Jeremiah 8:10
  • 15. Jer 27:9-10,14; S Matthew 7:15
  • 16. S Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:3
  • 17. Jeremiah 9:20
  • 18. ver 31
  • 19. S 1 Kings 22:8; S Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:11
  • 20. S Jeremiah 13:10
  • 21. Jeremiah 5:12; Amos 9:10; Micah 3:11
  • 22. S 1 Kings 22:19; S Romans 11:34
  • 23. Isaiah 30:30; Jeremiah 25:32; Jeremiah 30:23
  • 24. Zechariah 7:14
  • 25. S 2 Kings 23:26
  • 26. S Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 30:24
  • 27. S Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 27:15
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