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Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Jeremiah 23:13 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

    BSB

In context

11For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

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

14I 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.

15Therefore thus saith 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 profaneness gone forth into all the land.

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