And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
Jeremiah 23:13 - Revised Standard Version In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: 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. |
And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.
for those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.
The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit.
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them; so they do not profit this people at all, says the Lord.
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.
My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the harlot.
All this is for the transgression of Jacob and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the sin of the house of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?