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Therefore thus says Yahweh 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.
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The Poisoned Well
Commentators emphasize that the spiritual corruption of the entire nation originated "from the prophets of Jerusalem." Because they were the designated spiritual leaders, their hypocrisy and false teaching acted like a poison spreading from the capital to the whole land. This verse serves as a stark warning about the immense responsibility and destructive influence of corrupt spiritual leaders.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Profaneness: Desecration.
19th Century
Anglican
Wormwood ... water of gall. —See Notes on Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15.
Profaneness. —The root-m…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
This verse is addressed to the prophets of the kingdom of Judah, as we learn from its conclusion. Thus, the exposition I have given is confirmed: n…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets Concerning the false pr…
The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, he notes the wickedness of the prophets as the cause of the wickedness of the people:
First, in general, he speaks of their …
