Thursday, October 24

9 Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me;

    all my bones tremble.

I am like a drunken man,

    like a strong man overcome by wine,

because of the Lord

    and his holy words.

10 

The land is full of adulterers;

    because of the curse[a] the land lies parched

    and the pastures in the wilderness are withered.

The prophets follow an evil course

    and use their power unjustly.

11 

“Both prophet and priest are godless;

    even in my temple I find their wickedness,”

declares the Lord.

12 

“Therefore their path will become slippery;

    they will be banished to darkness

    and there they will fall.

I will bring disaster on them

    in the year they are punished,”

declares the Lord.

13 

“Among the prophets of Samaria

    I saw this repulsive thing:

They prophesied by Baal

    and led my people Israel astray.

14 

And among the prophets of Jerusalem

    I have seen something horrible:

    They commit adultery and live a lie.

They strengthen the hands of evildoers,

    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.

They are all like Sodom to me;

    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

“I will make them eat bitter food

    and drink poisoned water,

because from the prophets of Jerusalem

    ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”