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they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal And caused My people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“And I have seen a foolish <i>and</i> an offensive thing in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The prophets in Samaria were repulsive to me, because they preached in the name of Baal and led my people astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"[Say this] about the prophets of Samaria: I saw something disgusting. The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Among the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing, for they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, "" They have prophesied by Ba‘al, "" And cause My people—Israel—to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I saw folly in the prophets of Shomeron; they prophesied in Baal, and they will cause my people Israel to wander.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Among Samaria’s prophets I saw something unseemly: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I have seen falsehood in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in the Prophets of Samaria I have seen falsehood. They prophesied by Baal and they have led my people Israel astray<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: They prophesied by Baal, And caused My people Israel to err.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6759" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Lying Prophets</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>“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. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: ū·ḇin·ḇî·’ê (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">“Among the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">of Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’î·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">I saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/8604.htm" title="8604: ṯip̄·lāh (N-fs) -- Unsavoriness, unseemliness. From the same as taphel; frivolity.">an offensive thing:</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: hin·nab·bə·’ū (V-Hitpael-Perf-3cp) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">They prophesied</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: ḇab·ba·‘al (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">by Baal</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and led My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: way·yaṯ·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">astray.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>And 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3-9</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. / Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. / You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7-9</a></span><br />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. / 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! / They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5-7</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: / Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. / Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15-20</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. / By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18-21</a></span><br />“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. / Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.” / So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15-16</a></span><br />The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a></span><br />Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br />Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a></span><br />For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm">Revelation 2:14-16</a></span><br />But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. / In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. / Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1-5</a></span><br />If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, / and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” / you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a></span><br />For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.</p><p class="hdg">folly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7,8</a></b></br> The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know <i>it</i>: the prophet <i>is</i> a fool, the spiritual man <i>is</i> mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred… </p><p class="hdg">prophesied.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Jeremiah 2:8</a></b></br> The priests said not, Where <i>is</i> the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after <i>things that</i> do not profit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-18.htm">1 Kings 18:18-21,25-28,40</a></b></br> And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim… </p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9</a></b></br> So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, <i>and</i> to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-16.htm">Isaiah 9:16</a></b></br> For the leaders of this people cause <i>them</i> to err; and <i>they that are</i> led of them <i>are</i> destroyed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-17.htm">Err</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Led</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-11.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Offensive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Repulsive</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-19.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-19.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/job/6-6.htm">Unsavory</a> <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Unseemliness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/42-20.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-27.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-32.htm">Err</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-32.htm">Led</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-10.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/john/11-39.htm">Offensive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">Repulsive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">Unsavory</a> <a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Unseemliness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-18.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Christ shall rule and save them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Against false prophets;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-33.htm">and mockers of the true prophets.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The prophets in this region were often influenced by the surrounding pagan cultures. The division between the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and the Southern Kingdom (Judah) after Solomon's reign led to distinct religious practices, with Samaria frequently falling into idolatry. This context highlights the spiritual decline and the syncretism that plagued the Northern Kingdom.<p><b>I saw an offensive thing:</b><br>The term "offensive" indicates something detestable or abominable in the sight of God. This reflects God's holiness and His intolerance for idolatry and false prophecy. The prophets' actions were not just errors but were deeply offensive to God, violating the covenant relationship He had with Israel.<p><b>They prophesied by Baal</b><br>Baal was a Canaanite deity associated with fertility and storms, often worshipped through rituals that included immoral practices. The prophets' invocation of Baal signifies a direct violation of the First Commandment, which forbids the worship of other gods. This syncretism was a recurring issue, as seen in the confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18).<p><b>and led My people Israel astray.</b><br>The role of a prophet was to guide the people in God's truth, but these prophets led Israel into idolatry and away from the covenant. This phrase underscores the responsibility of spiritual leaders and the severe consequences of their failure. The theme of leading astray is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ezekiel/34.htm">Ezekiel 34</a>, where God condemns the shepherds of Israel for neglecting their duties. The ultimate fulfillment of true guidance is found in Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, who leads His people in truth and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah and Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets_of_samaria.htm">Prophets of Samaria</a></b><br>Religious leaders in the Northern Kingdom of Israel who were supposed to guide the people in God's ways but instead led them into idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a></b><br>A Canaanite deity often associated with fertility and weather, whose worship was a recurring problem for the Israelites, leading them away from the worship of Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the Northern Kingdom, which fell into idolatry and was eventually conquered by Assyria due to their unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, often associated with idolatry and false worship practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_prophets.htm">The Danger of False Prophets</a></b><br>False prophets can lead people away from God by promoting idolatry and false teachings. It is crucial to discern and test the spirits against the truth of Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual and often physical destruction. The Israelites' worship of Baal resulted in their downfall, serving as a warning for us to remain faithful to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_worship.htm">The Importance of True Worship</a></b><br>Worship should be directed solely to God, as He is the only true and living God. Our worship practices should align with biblical teachings and honor God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the people's unfaithfulness, God continually calls them to repentance. His desire is for restoration and a return to true worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets are meant to guide and correct God's people, not lead them astray. We should seek leaders who are faithful to God's Word and His truth.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">I have seen folly . . .</span>--Literally, as in <a href="/job/6-6.htm" title="Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?">Job 6:6</a>, <span class= "ital">that which is unsavoury</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., insipid, </span>and so, ethically, <span class= "ital">foolish. </span>The guilt of the prophets of Samaria cannot be passed over, but it is noticed, as in <a href="/context/jeremiah/3-6.htm" title="The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a>, only in order to compare it with the darker evils of those of Judah and Jerusalem.<p><span class= "bld">They prophesied in Baal.</span>--i.e., in the name and as if by the power of Baal. Comp. <a href="/1_kings/18-19.htm" title="Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.">1Kings 18:19</a>; <a href="/context/1_kings/22-6.htm" title="Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.">1Kings 22:6-7</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13, 14.</span> - The prophets of Samaria were no doubt guilty enough, but their offences dwindled by the side of the "horrible" transgressions of those of the southern kingdom. The prophet apparently means, not only that the former, having fewer spiritual advantages, were less responsible than the latter, but also that they had not violated the moral code so conspicuously. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have seen folly</span>; rather, <span class="accented">absurdity</span> or <span class="accented">unseemliness</span>; literally, <span class="accented">that which is unsavory</span> (comp. <a href="/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6</a>). The word occurs with a similar reference to Jehovah in <a href="/job/1-22.htm">Job 1:22</a>; <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Job 24:12</a>. To "prophesy by Baal" was "absurd," "unseemly," because Baal was a "non-entity" (Isaiah's word for an idol). <span class="cmt_word">In Baal</span>; rather, <span class="accented">by</span>, or <span class="accented">by means of</span>, <span class="accented">Baal</span> (see on Jeremiah 2:8). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Among the prophets</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇin·ḇî·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Samaria</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁמְר֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(šō·mə·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I saw</span><br /><span class="heb">רָאִ֣יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’î·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an offensive thing:</span><br /><span class="heb">תִפְלָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯip̄·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8604.htm">Strong's 8604: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unsavoriness, unseemliness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They prophesied</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנַּבְּא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nab·bə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prophesy, speak, by inspiration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by Baal</span><br /><span class="heb">בַבַּ֔עַל</span> <span class="translit">(ḇab·ba·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and led My people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">astray.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּתְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaṯ·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> </span><span class="str2">To vacillate, reel, stray</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 23:13 I have seen folly in the prophets (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>