Jeremiah 23:13

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria,.... The ten tribes of Israel, among whom, in Ahab's time there were many false prophets, Baal's prophets, even four hundred and fifty; whose "folly"…

And I have seen folly ... - Rather, “Also I have seen.” The prophet contrasts the prophets of Samaria with those of Jerusalem. In the conduct of the former God saw folly (literally that which is…

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…

folly lit. that which is tasteless, insipid (cp. cognate substantive in Job 6:6 rendered "that which hath no savour"), hence moral unsavouriness, unseemliness.

prophets of Samaria They were simply…