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Jeremiah 23:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

Those unfaithful prophets misuse their power all over the country. So God turned the pasturelands into scorching deserts.

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flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

I weep for the pastureland in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.

The Lord All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

You people aren't faithful to God! Don't you know if you love the world, you are God's enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Have respect for marriage. Always be faithful to your partner, because God will punish anyone who is immoral or unfaithful in marriage.

The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching

Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shriveled.

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

You steal and murder; you lie in court and are unfaithful in marriage. You worship idols and offer incense to Baal, when these gods have never done anything for you.

If you refuse to testify in court about something you saw or know has happened, you have sinned and can be punished.

You are in for trouble! The lies you tell are like ropes by which you drag along sin and evil.

I said to the Lord, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares.

Everyone burns with desire— they are like coals in an oven, ready to burst into flames.

Here is a list of the priests who had agreed to divorce their foreign wives and to sacrifice a ram as a sin offering: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah from the family of Joshua son of Jozadak and his brothers;

Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Jerusalem's prophets are proud and not to be trusted. The priests have disgraced the place of worship and abused God's Law.




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