Verse 30
Jeremiah 23:30
Darby Translation
30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֛ן הִנְ/נִ֥י עַל הַ/נְּבִאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה מְגַנְּבֵ֣י דְבָרַ֔/י אִ֖ישׁ מֵ/אֵ֥ת רֵעֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, who steal My words, each one from his neighbor.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.
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2
Therefore thus saith Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel concerning the shepherds that feed my people...
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3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will...
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4
And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be di...
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5
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall rei...
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6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he...
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7
Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, [As] Jehovah liveth,...
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8
but, [As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the...
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9
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man,...
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10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the...
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11
For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehov...
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12
Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on,...
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13
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Isra...
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14
And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in fal...
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15
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwoo...
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16
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they...
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17
They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say...
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18
For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath...
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19
Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon th...
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20
The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purpo...
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21
I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
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22
But if they had stood in my council, and had caused my people to hear my words, then would they have...
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23
Am I a God (Elohim) at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God (Elohim) afar off?
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24
Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the he...
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25
I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I hav...
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26
How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets o...
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27
who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neig...
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28
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell the dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my wo...
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29
Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
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30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his...
31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.
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32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and that tell them, and cause m...
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33
And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? th...
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34
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I wil...
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35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answer...
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36
And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: fo...
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37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
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38
But since ye say, The burden of Jehovah, therefore thus saith Jehovah: Because ye say this word, The...
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39
therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, far from my face, and the city...
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40
And I will bring everlasting reproach upon you, and everlasting shame, that shall not be forgotten.
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