Jeremiah 23:14

Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

In Context

13And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.

15Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth into all the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

Genesis 19:24And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 1 And their vine-branch of Gomorrah: 1 Their grape is a grape of gall, 1 Their cluster is one of bitterness. 1

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 5:30Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;

Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus saith the Lord; Inquire now among the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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