Bible in Basic English
"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."
— Jeremiah 23:13, Bible in Basic English
“And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.”
“And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. ”
“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.”
For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.
For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
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.
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.