Jeremiah 23:10–14

¹⁰The land is full of people

who aren’t faithful to the Lord.

Now the land is under his curse.

And that’s why it is thirsty for water.

That’s why the grasslands in the desert are dry.

The prophets are leading sinful lives.

They don’t use their power in the right way.

¹¹“Prophets and priests alike are ungodly,”

announces the Lord.

“Even in my temple I find them sinning.

¹²So their path will become slippery.

They will be thrown out into darkness.

There they will fall.

I will bring trouble on them

when the time to punish them comes,”

announces the Lord.

¹³“Among the prophets of Samaria

I saw something I can’t stand.

They were prophesying in the name of Baal.

They were leading my people Israel down the wrong path.

¹⁴I have also seen something horrible among Jerusalem’s prophets.

They are not faithful to me.

They are not living by the truth.

They strengthen the hands of those who do evil.

So the people do not turn from their sinful ways.

All of them are like the people of Sodom to me.

They are just like the people of Gomorrah.”