Jeremiah 23:10
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
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Woe to the shepherds who destroy God's flock. God will gather the remnant and raise up a righteous Branch for David who will be called 'The Lord is our righteousness.' The false prophets who steal words from one another and …
Other Translations
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;
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.
For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
Cross References
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth …
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: …
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods …
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and …
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, …
But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like …
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell …
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone …