Jeremiah 23:14

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

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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

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

15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.'

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of the sky.

Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,of the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are grapes of gall,Their clusters are bitter.

Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom!Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Jeremiah 5:30"An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

Jeremiah 18:13Therefore thus says the Lord: "Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

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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