Jeremiah 23:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.”
Jeremiah 23:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 23:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 23:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.””
Jeremiah 23:15 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 23:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land. ”
Jeremiah 23:15 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 23:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.”
Jeremiah 23:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 23:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. ”
Jeremiah 23:15 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 23:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes concerning the prophets, Beholde, I will feede them with wormewood, and make them drinke the water of gall: for from the prophets of Ierusalem is wickednesse gone forth into all the lande.”
Jeremiah 23:15 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 23:15 in Context — Jeremiah 23
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
What Does Jeremiah 23:15 Mean?
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