Holy Scripture

Jeremiah 23:11

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 11, 12.) For the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and in my house I have found their evils," says the Lord. "Therefore, their way will be like a slippery path in the darkness. They will be pushed and fall in it, for I will bring upon them the year of their visitation," says the Lord. "When evils are…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Jeremiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

11For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.

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9My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.

10For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so also their strength.

— Jeremiah 23:11 —

12Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.

13And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.

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