King James Version
Jeremiah 23:11 in the King James Version says “For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 23:11 · KJV
Mine 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.
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. swearing: or, cursing course: or, violence
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
Wherefore 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.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. folly: or, an absurd thing: Heb. unsavoury
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“and priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“yea in my house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“have I found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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