Jeremiah 23:13

Lying Prophets

12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. 13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. 14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

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Berean Standard Bible
“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
American Standard Version (1901)
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Israel.
Free Bible Version
I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something really offensive: They prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people Israel to sin.
Geneva Bible 1599
And I haue seene foolishnesse in the prophets of Samaria, that prophecied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to erre.
King James (Authorized) Version
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Translation for Translators
Previously I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal gave them the messages that they were proclaiming, and they were deceiving my people.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For I have seen the prophets in Samaria doing what is repulsive: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Noah Webster Bible
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
World English Bible
“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Young's Literal Translation
And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people — Israel — to err.