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The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning— its wilderness pastures are dried up. For they all do evil and abuse what power they have. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a> For the land is full of adulterers; For because of a curse the land mourns. The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. Their course of life is evil, And their might is not right. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil And their might is not right. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil, And their might is not right. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil, And their might is not right. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers (unfaithful to God); The land mourns because of the curse [of God upon it]. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The course of action [of the false prophets] is evil and they rush into wickedness; And their power is not right. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers; the land mourns because of the curse, and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up. Their way of life has become evil, and their power is not rightly used <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers; the land mourns because of the curse, and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up. Their way of life has become evil, and their power is not rightly used <a href="/asv/jeremiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right; <a href="/cev/jeremiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Those unfaithful prophets misuse their power all over the country. So God turned the pasturelands into scorching deserts. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The land is filled with adulterers. The land mourns because of the curse. Pastures in the wilderness have dried up. The people are evil, and they use their strength to do the wrong things. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> The land is full of people unfaithful to the LORD; they live wicked lives and misuse their power. Because of the LORD's curse the land mourns and the pastures are dry. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> Indeed, the land is full of adulterers. Indeed, the land mourns because of the curse; the pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The adulterers' lifestyles are evil, and they use their strength for what is not right. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers?because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up?their course is evil and their power is misused. <a href="/net/jeremiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a> For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right; <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. <a href="/web/jeremiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a> “For the land is full of adulterers; for because of the curse the land mourns. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For the land has been full of adulterers, "" For the land has mourned because of these, "" The pleasant places of the wilderness have dried up, "" And their course is evil, and their might—not right. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the land was filled from adulteries, for from the face of these the land mourned, the beautiful things of the desert were dried up, and their race will be evil, and their strength not right.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fields of the desert are dried up: and their course is become evil, and their strength unlike. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the earth is full of adulterers! And the earth has mourned before the face of evil talk. The plains of the desert have dried up, and their course has become hazardous, and their firmness has become uneven.” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a> The land is filled with adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, the pastures of the wilderness are withered. Theirs is an evil course, theirs is unjust power. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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 has been evil, and their might is not right.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the land is full of adulterers and robbers; because of these men the land mourns and the pastures of the shepherds in the wilderness are dried up, and their yield has been poor, and they did not flourish. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because adulterers and rapists have filled the land; because of these, the land has mourned and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up, and their hard labor was evil, and they did not prosper by their fortitude<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the land is full of adulterers; For because of swearing the land mourneth, The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; And their course is evil, And their force is not right. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For 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. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6721" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Lying Prophets</a> 9As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words. 10<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mā·lə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">is full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/5003.htm" title="5003: mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To commit adultery. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.">adulterers—</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê (Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/423.htm" title="423: ’ā·lāh (N-fs) -- An oath. From 'alah; an imprecation.">the curse,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: ’ā·ḇə·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">mourns</a> <a href="/hebrew/4999.htm" title="4999: nə·’ō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place. From na'ah; a home; figuratively, a pasture.">and the pastures</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bār (N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">of the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3001.htm" title="3001: yā·ḇə·šū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be dry, dried up, or withered. A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also to dry up or wither.">have dried up—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4794.htm" title="4794: mə·rū·ṣā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A running, course. Or mrutsah; feminine of merowts; a race, whether the manner or the progress.">their course</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wat·tə·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/1369.htm" title="1369: ū·ḡə·ḇū·rā·ṯām (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Strength, might. Feminine passive participle from the same as gibbowr; force; by implication, valor, victory.">and their power</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is misused.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adj-ms) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> 11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-3</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5-6</a> The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Ezekiel 13:22</a> Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives, <a href="/micah/2-11.htm">Micah 2:11</a> If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people! <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Zephaniah 3:4</a> Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Isaiah 9:17</a> Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm">Ezekiel 22:25-28</a> The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. / Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. / Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. ... <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Hosea 7:16</a> They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt. <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20-23</a> Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. / Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. / Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, ... <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. <a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18-32</a> The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ... <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> 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. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15-20</a> 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. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.full.<a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7,8</a> How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses… <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9</a> Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;<a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2</a> Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.because.<a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Zechariah 5:3,4</a> Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it… <a href="/1_timothy/1-10.htm">1 Timothy 1:10</a> For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;swearing.<a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Jeremiah 12:3,4</a> But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter… <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2</a> Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.<a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Lamentations 1:2-4</a> She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies… the pleasant.<a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a> For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.<a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a> A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.<a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Isaiah 24:6</a> Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.course.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Adulterers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Course</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-2.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-24.htm">Execration</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-12.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Force</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-5.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Swearing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-15.htm">Use</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Adulterers</a> <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Course</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Execration</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-15.htm">Force</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-20.htm">Full</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-36.htm">Green</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Mourneth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Mourns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Pastures</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Swearing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-31.htm">Use</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-24.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-8.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-6.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 23</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock.</a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Christ shall rule and save them.</a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Against false prophets;</a> 33. <a href="/jeremiah/23-33.htm">and mockers of the true prophets.</a> </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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Adultery here can be understood both literally and metaphorically. Literally, it refers to the violation of the marriage covenant, which was rampant. Metaphorically, it signifies spiritual unfaithfulness to God, as the people pursued idolatry and false gods, akin to spiritual adultery. This theme of unfaithfulness is echoed in other prophetic books, such as Hosea, where Israel's idolatry is likened to marital infidelity.because of the curse, the land mourns The "curse" refers to the consequences of breaking the covenant with God, as outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. The land mourning is a poetic way of describing the desolation and barrenness that result from the people's sin. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding that the land's fertility was directly linked to the people's faithfulness to their deity. The mourning of the land is also seen in <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-6</a>, where the earth suffers due to the inhabitants' transgressions.and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— This imagery of dried-up pastures signifies the physical manifestation of God's judgment. The wilderness, often a place of testing and reliance on God, becomes inhospitable due to the people's sin. This can be connected to the curses in <a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a>, where God warns of the land's desolation as a consequence of disobedience. The drying up of pastures also symbolizes the loss of sustenance and life, pointing to the broader impact of sin on creation.their course is evil The "course" refers to the path or way of life that the people have chosen, which is characterized by evil. This indicates a deliberate and persistent choice to follow wickedness rather than righteousness. The concept of a "course" or "way" is significant in biblical literature, often contrasting the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1</a>. The people's evil course is a rejection of God's law and a pursuit of their own desires.and their power is misused. The misuse of power suggests corruption and injustice among the leaders and people of Judah. Instead of using their authority to uphold justice and righteousness, they exploit it for personal gain and oppression. This theme of corrupt leadership is prevalent in the prophetic literature, where leaders are often rebuked for failing to shepherd the people rightly, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/34.htm">Ezekiel 34</a>. The misuse of power is a direct affront to God's character, who is just and righteous, and it foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, who exercises His power with justice and compassion.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and restoration of Israel. He is the author of the Book of Jeremiah. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the land of Judah, which is experiencing moral and spiritual decay due to the people's unfaithfulness to God. 3. <a href="/topical/a/adulterers.htm">Adulterers</a> Symbolically represents those who are unfaithful to God, engaging in idolatry and moral corruption. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_curse.htm">The Curse</a> Represents the consequences of the people's sin, leading to the land's mourning and desolation. 5. <a href="/topical/p/pastures_of_the_wilderness.htm">Pastures of the Wilderness</a> Symbolizes the natural world suffering due to human sin, reflecting the broader impact of moral decay.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin has tangible effects not only on individuals but also on the land and community. Our actions have broader implications than we might realize. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as physical adultery breaks the covenant of marriage, spiritual adultery breaks our covenant with God. We must remain faithful to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_misuse_of_power.htm">The Misuse of Power</a> Power and authority are gifts from God meant to be used for good. Misusing them leads to corruption and societal decay. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> Recognizing the impact of sin should lead us to repentance and a renewed commitment to God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a> Despite the dire situation, God offers hope and restoration for those who turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 23</a> <a href="/q/why_blame_invaders,_not_israel,_in_psalm_79.htm">Why does Psalm 79 place sole blame on invading nations without acknowledging Israel's own possible role in its downfall?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_old_and_new_covenants_differ.htm">How do the Old and New Covenants differ?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_36_align_with_other_prophecies.htm">How do claims in Ezekiel 36 about Israel's future prosperity reconcile with other biblical passages that predict ongoing hardship for the same people?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_forgiving_abusers.htm">What does 'reviler' mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) The land is full of adulterers.--The context shows that the words must be taken literally, and not of the spiritual adultery of the worship of other Gods. The false prophets and their followers were personally profligates, like those of <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:">2Peter 2:14</a>. (Comp. <a href="/context/jeremiah/5-7.htm" title="How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.">Jeremiah 5:7-8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm" title="Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 29:23</a>.)Because of swearing.--Better, because of the curse--i.e., that which comes from Jehovah on account of the wickedness of the people.The land mourneth.--This, and the "drying up" of the "pleasant places" or "pastures," refers apparently to the drought described in <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm" title="How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.">Jeremiah 12:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm" title="Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.">Jeremiah 14:2</a>, or to some similar visitation. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - The land is full of adulterers. The false prophets connive at flagrant immoralities, one of which is mentioned as a typical sin. As to the nature of the adultery, see note on Jeremiah 5:7. Because of swearing; rather, because of the curse; the curse, namely, with which God punishes the guilty earth (comp. <a href="/zechariah/5-3.htm">Zechariah 5:3</a>; <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Daniel 9:11</a>; and especially <a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Isaiah 24:6</a>, where in the original there is a paronomasia very similar to that here). The land mourneth; a figurative expression, suggested partly by the assonance of the word for "curse." Drought is what is meant (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1, 2</a>). The pleasant places of the wilderness; rather, the pastures of the prairie-land ("wilderness" suggests ideas very alien to the context). Their course; literally, their running (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Jeremiah 8:6</a>). The subject is "the inhabitants of the land." Their force is not right; rather, their might (or, heroism) is untruth. They are "mighty men" only in telling untruths (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Isaiah 5:22</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land is full of מָלְאָ֣ה (mā·lə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of adulterers— מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ (mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5003.htm">Strong's 5003: </a> To commit adultery, to apostatize because of מִפְּנֵ֤י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the curse אָלָה֙ (’ā·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_423.htm">Strong's 423: </a> An imprecation the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land mourns, אָבְלָ֣ה (’ā·ḇə·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> To bewail and the pastures נְא֣וֹת (nə·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4999.htm">Strong's 4999: </a> Habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place of the wilderness מִדְבָּ֑ר (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech have dried up— יָבְשׁ֖וּ (yā·ḇə·šū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither their course מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ (mə·rū·ṣā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4794.htm">Strong's 4794: </a> A running, course is וַתְּהִ֤י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be evil רָעָ֔ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil and their power וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם (ū·ḡə·ḇū·rā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1369.htm">Strong's 1369: </a> Force, valor, victory is misused. לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:11" /></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>