Daily Bread

My heart^(A) is broken within me;
    all my bones tremble.^(B)
I am like a drunken man,
    like a strong man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
    and his holy words.^(C)
10 The land is full of adulterers;^(D)
    because of the curse^[a](E) the land lies parched
    and the pastures^(F) in the wilderness are withered.^(G)
The prophets follow an evil course
    and use their power unjustly.

¹¹ “Both prophet and priest are godless;^(H)
    even in my temple^(I) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
¹² “Therefore their path will become slippery;^(J)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,^(K)”
declares the Lord.

¹³ “Among the prophets of Samaria
    I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal^(L)
    and led my people Israel astray.^(M)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(N)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(O)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(P)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(Q)
They are all like Sodom^(R) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(S)

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(T)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(U) has spread throughout the land.”

“Do not listen^(V) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions^(W) from their own minds,
    not from the mouth^(X) of the Lord.
¹⁷ They keep saying^(Y) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(Z)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(AA) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(AB) will come to you.’
¹⁸ But which of them has stood in the council^(AC) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
¹⁹ See, the storm^(AD) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind^(AE) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁰ The anger^(AF) of the Lord will not turn back^(AG)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand it clearly.
²¹ I did not send^(AH) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
²² But if they had stood in my council,^(AI)
    they would have proclaimed^(AJ) my words to my people
and would have turned^(AK) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.^(AL)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(AM)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴ Who can hide^(AN) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(AO)
declares the Lord.