10 For the land is full of adulterers;(A)
the land mourns because of the curse,
and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up.
Their way of life[a] has become evil,
and their power is not rightly used

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:10 Lit Their manner of running

All of them commit adultery;(A)
they are like an oven heated by a baker
who stops stirring the fire
from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

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“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner.(A) They do not fear Me,”(B) says the Lord of Hosts.

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