Jeremiah 23:13

For I have seen the prophets in Samaria doing what is repulsive: 1 They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

In Context

12therefore their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it. 1 For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

14Among the prophets in Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: 1 They commit adultery and walk in deceit. 1 They strengthen the hands of evildoers; no one turns back from his evildoing. 1 All of them have become like Sodom to me and its inhabitants like Gomorrah!” 1

Read all of Jeremiah 23

Cross References

1 Kings 18:19Now then, send word and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.”

1 Kings 18:25So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many people. Then call on the name of your god, but put no fire under the bull.”

2 Chronicles 33:9Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do evil even more than the nations that Yahweh had destroyed before the people of Israel.

Jeremiah 2:8The priest did not say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and the experts in the law did not care about me! 1 The shepherds transgressed against me. The prophets prophesied for Baal and walked after unprofitable things. 1

Hosea 4:11They love sexual promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which have taken away their understanding. 1

Hosea 9:7The days for punishment are coming; 1 the days for retribution are coming. 1 Let all Israel know these things. 1 The prophet is a fool, 1 and the inspired man is insane, 1 because of your great iniquity 1 and great hostility. 1

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Jeremiah 23:13