Then Elijah ordered them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.’ So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Jeremiah 23:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to err and go 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. Common English Bible In the prophets of Samaria I saw something shocking: They prophesied by Baal and led astray my people Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal and deceived my people Israel. |
Then Elijah ordered them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let even one of them escape.’ So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slaughtered them there.
So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
The leaders of the people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
The priests stopped asking, ‘Where is the Lord? ’ The experts in the law no longer knew me, and the rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
I am against those who prophesy false dreams’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘telling them and leading my people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
‘Take a scroll, and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I first spoke to you during Josiah’s reign until today.
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to their God.
All this will happen because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Isn’t it Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Isn’t it Jerusalem?