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Jeremiah Chapter 23 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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BBE Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
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DARBY Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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KJV Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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WBT Jeremiah 23:13

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WEB Jeremiah 23:13

I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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YLT Jeremiah 23:13

And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 13, 14. - 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. Verse 13. - I have seen folly; rather, absurdity or unseemliness; literally, that which is unsavory (comp. Job 6:6). The word occurs with a similar reference to Jehovah in Job 1:22; Job 24:12. To "prophesy by Baal" was "absurd," "unseemly," because Baal was a "non-entity" (Isaiah's word for an idol). In Baal; rather, by, or by means of, Baal (see on Jeremiah 2:8).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) I have seen folly . . .--Literally, as in Job 6:6, that which is unsavoury--i.e., insipid, and so, ethically, foolish. The guilt of the prophets of Samaria cannot be passed over, but it is noticed, as in Jeremiah 3:6-10, only in order to compare it with the darker evils of those of Judah and Jerusalem.They prophesied in Baal.--i.e., in the name and as if by the power of Baal. Comp. 1Kings 18:19; 1Kings 22:6-7.