Jeremiah 23:14-16

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¹⁴Among the prophets of Jerusalem also
I saw a horrible thing:^(A)
They commit adultery and walk in lies.
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,
and none turns his back on evil.
They are all like Sodom^(B) to me;
Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

¹⁵Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says concerning the prophets:

I am about to feed them wormwood^(C)
and give them poisoned water to drink,^(D)
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness^[a] has spread throughout the land.

¹⁶This is what the Lord of Armies says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you. They speak visions from their own minds,^(E) not from the Lord’s mouth.^(F)

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