Jeremiah 23:10 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
8But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
9Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.
10For 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.
11For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
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Related Cross References
Hosea 4:1
Hosea also condemns the unfaithfulness of the people.
Matthew 24:12
Jesus speaks of lawlessness increasing, echoing Jeremiah's concerns.
Revelation 21:8
Revelation warns of the fate of the unrepentant, similar to Jeremiah's warnings.
Source: Jeremiah 23:10