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1 janvier 2011
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Jeremiah False prophets Adultery BaalSujets proches
Seers Minor prophets Prophethood Land Land utilization Utilization of land Use of land Extra-marital sex Marital infidelity Marital cheating Extramarital sex Cheating, Marital Adulterous relationships Infidelity, MaritalCiter ce document
W Wessels, « Prophets at loggerheads. Accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 23:9-15 », Acta Theologica, ID : 10670/1.1n29g1
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The focus of this article is on one aspect of the raging conflict between the prophetic parties addressed in Jeremiah 23:9-15. In this section the aspect of disloyalty to Yahweh is raised as hampering factor for being a true prophet. The research investigates the relationship between doing evil (cf. words such as adultery and ungodly/profane conduct) and the effect on the land (cf curse on the land, the land mourns, pastures drying up - 23:10-11). The research also entertains the relation with the next set of verses (23:13-15) which explicitly mentions the worship of Baal, the vegetation god, as reason for the disloyalty. The false prophets, with their adulterous way of living, are part of a leadership that failed the people of Judah and Yahweh.