Verse 17

Jeremiah 23:17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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17 They say tothem that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come to you.

Original Language Text

hebrew

אֹמְרִ֤ים אָמוֹר֙ לִֽ/מְנַאֲצַ֔/י דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׁל֖וֹם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה לָ/כֶ֑ם וְ֠/כֹל הֹלֵ֞ךְ בִּ/שְׁרִר֤וּת לִבּ/וֹ֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹֽא תָב֥וֹא עֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם רָעָֽה

English Translation

They say, "You will be safe," to those who despise the word of the Lord. But they say, "No disaster will come upon you," to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of their heart.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord. Focus ↗

2 Therefore thus saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel to the pastors that feed my people: You hav... Focus ↗

3 And I will gather together the remnant of my flock, out of all the lands into which I have cast them... Focus ↗

4 And I will set up pastors over them, and they shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they sha... Focus ↗

5 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall r... Focus ↗

6 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that the... Focus ↗

7 Therefore behold the days to come, saith the Lord, and they shall say no more: The Lord liveth, who... Focus ↗

8 But the Lord liveth, who hath brought out, and brought hither the seed of the house of Israel from t... Focus ↗

9 To the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones tremble: I am become as a drunken man, a... Focus ↗

10 Because the land is full of adulterers, because the land hath mourned by reason of cursing, the fiel... Focus ↗

11 For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the... Focus ↗

12 Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall th... Focus ↗

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Is... Focus ↗

14 And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the peophets of Jerusalem: and t... Focus ↗

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts to the prophets: Behold I will feed them with wormwood, and I... Focus ↗

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, and dec... Focus ↗

17 They say tothem that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that w...

18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered... Focus ↗

19 Behold the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and c... Focus ↗

20 The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his... Focus ↗

21 I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. Focus ↗

22 If they stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them fro... Focus ↗

23 Am I, think ye, a God (Elohim) at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God (Elohim) afar off? Focus ↗

24 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and ear... Focus ↗

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesylies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have d... Focus ↗

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and that prophesy the delusi... Focus ↗

27 Who seek to make my people forget my name through their dreams, which they tell every man to his nei... Focus ↗

28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream: and he that hath my word, let him speak my word... Focus ↗

29 Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Focus ↗

30 Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his ne... Focus ↗

31 Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it. Focus ↗

32 Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my... Focus ↗

33 If therefore this people, or the prophet, or the priest shall ask thee, saying: What is the burden o... Focus ↗

34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I wil... Focus ↗

35 Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and to his brother: What hath the Lord answered? and w... Focus ↗

36 And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more, for every man's word shall be his burden: for... Focus ↗

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken? Focus ↗

38 But if you shall say: The burden of the Lord: therefore thus saith the Lord: Because you have said t... Focus ↗

39 Therefore behold I will take you away carrying you, and will forsake you, and the city which I gave... Focus ↗

40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall never be forgot... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 23 (40 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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