Jeremiah 23:13 ““Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesi…”

Jeremiah 23:13

“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I haue seene foolishnesse in the prophets of Samaria, that prophecied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to erre.

Darby Translation

And 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.

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.

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Cross references

“prophets”

Hosea 9:7 Hosea 9:8

Hosea 9:7 · BSB

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.

Hosea 9:8 · BSB

The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

“prophesied”

Jeremiah 2:8 1 Kings 18:18–21 1 Kings 18:25–28 1 Kings 18:40

Jeremiah 2:8 · BSB

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

1 Kings 18:18–21 · BSB

“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

1 Kings 18:25–28 · BSB

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”

1 Kings 18:40 · BSB

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

“and”

Isaiah 9:16 2 Chronicles 33:9

Isaiah 9:16 · BSB

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

2 Chronicles 33:9 · BSB

So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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.”

Read Jeremiah 23