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Concerning the prophets :
My heart is broken within me ,
all my bones shake ;
I am like a drunken man ,
like a man overcome by wine ,
because of the LORD and because of his holy words .
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For the land is full of adulterers ;
because of the curse the land mourns ,
and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up .
Their course is evil ,
and their might is not right .
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Both prophet and priest are ungodly ;
even in my house I have found their wickedness ,
says the LORD .
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Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness ,
into which they shall be driven and fall ;
for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their punishment ,
says the LORD .
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In the prophets of Sama '
ria I saw an unsavory thing :
they prophesied by Ba '
al and led my people Israel astray .
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But in 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 from his wickedness ;
all of them have become like Sodom to me ,
and its inhabitants like Gomor '
rah ."
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Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets : "
Behold ,
I will feed them with wormwood ,
and give them poisoned water to drink ;
for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land ."