Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Let not a single one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slew them there.
Jeremiah 23:13 - Tree of Life Version Moreover, I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: 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 said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Let not a single one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and slew them there.
But Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations whom Adonai destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
Therefore Adonai will have no joy in their young men, nor will He have compassion on their orphans and widows, for everyone is ungodly and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
The kohanim did not ask, ‘Where is Adonai?’ The Torah experts did not know Me. The shepherds rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and went after unprofitable things.
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” declares Adonai, “and tell them, and so lead My people astray with their lies and with their reckless boasts. Yet I never sent them or commanded them. Nor do they benefit this people at all.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“Take a megillah scroll, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you about Israel, about Judah, and about all the nations from the day I spoke to you—from the days of Josiah until this day.
My people consult their wooden idol and their divining rod informs them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have been a prostitute— out from under their God.
All this is because of Jacob’s transgression and the sins of the house of Israel. Who is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? Who are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem?