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Jeremia 23:15

Listen to Jeremia 23:15
15 Darum spricht Jehova der Heerscharen über die Propheten also: Siehe, ich will sie mit Wermut speisen und sie mit bitterem Wasser tränken; denn von den Propheten Jerusalems ist Ruchlosigkeit ausgegangen über das ganze Land.

Jeremia 23:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the
prophets
Concerning the false prophets, as the Targum; their sin is before declared, and now their punishment: behold, I will feed them with wormwood;
with some bitter affliction and calamity; so the Targum,

``behold, I will bring upon them distress bitter as wormwood;''
they that have been fed with dainties, and lived upon the fat of the land; their views in pleasing the people with their lies being to serve their own bellies; now they shall fare after another manner: and make them drink the water of gall:
or, "the juice of hemlock", as some; or "poison", as others; "the savour of death", so Kimchi; as they poisoned the people with their false doctrines, they shall drink poison themselves; they shall not only have that which is bitter and unpleasant, but that which is noxious and hurtful; not only a bitter potion, but a destructive one. The Targum is,
``I will cause them to drink a cup of the curse, bad as the heads of serpents;''
as pernicious as poison; see ( Jeremiah 8:14 ) ( 9:15 ) ; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all
the land;
by their false doctrines, and bad examples, debauchery, irreligion, and wickedness of all kinds, were encouraged, and spread all over the land; Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation, being infected by them, the contagion spread from thence throughout the country. Evil teachers have a bad influence all around them; from whom, and from whence, true doctrine and real religion should have been propagated; from them, and thence, was the source of all impiety and pollution. Some render it, "hypocrisy" F26, or "flattery"; as if by means of the hypocrisy and flattery of these false prophets, all manner of sin was countenanced; and the like hypocritical spirit and behaviour everywhere prevailed.
FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hpnx) "hypocrisis", Vatablus, Piscastor, Cocceius, Schmidt.
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Jeremia 23:15 In-Context

13 Und an den Propheten Samarias habe ich Torheit gesehen: Sie weissagten durch den Baal und führten mein Volk Israel irre.
14 Aber an den Propheten Jerusalems habe ich Schauderhaftes gesehen: Ehebrechen und in der Lüge Wandeln, und sie stärken die Hände der Übeltäter, auf daß sie nicht umkehren, ein jeder von seiner Bosheit; sie sind mir allesamt wie Sodom geworden, und seine Bewohner wie Gomorra
15 Darum spricht Jehova der Heerscharen über die Propheten also: Siehe, ich will sie mit Wermut speisen und sie mit bitterem Wasser tränken; denn von den Propheten Jerusalems ist Ruchlosigkeit ausgegangen über das ganze Land.
16 So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Höret nicht auf die Worte der Propheten, die euch weissagen; sie täuschen euch, sie reden das Gesicht ihres Herzens und nicht aus dem Munde Jehovas.
17 Sie sagen stets zu denen, die mich verachten: "Jehova hat geredet: Ihr werdet Frieden haben"; und zu jedem, der in dem Starrsinn seines Herzens wandelt, sprechen sie: "Es wird kein Unglück über euch kommen".
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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