Jeremiah 23:9–12

FALSE PROPHETS CONDEMNED

9 Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me,y

and all my bones tremble.

I have become like a drunkard,

like a man overcome by wine,

because of the Lord,

because of his holy words.

10 For the land is full of adulterers;z

the land mournsaa because of the curse,ab

and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.

Their way of lifeC has become evil,

and their power is not rightly used

11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,ac

even in my housead I have found their evil.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

12 Therefore, their way will seem

like slippery paths in the gloom.ae

They will be driven away and fall down there,

for I will bring disaster on them,

the year of their punishment.af

This is the Lord’s declaration.