Verse 31
Jeremiah 23:31
English Revised Version
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Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנְ/נִ֥י עַל הַ/נְּבִיאִ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה הַ/לֹּקְחִ֣ים לְשׁוֹנָ֔/ם וַֽ/יִּנְאֲמ֖וּ נְאֻֽם
English Translation
Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who take their tongues and speak.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
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2
Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people...
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3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries whither I have driven them, and w...
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4
And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dis...
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5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall...
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6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he sha...
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7
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, As the LORD liveth, w...
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8
but, As the LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the n...
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9
Concerning the prophets. Mine 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 swearing the land mourneth; the pastures of the w...
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11
for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the L...
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12
Wherefore 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
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen an horrible thing; they commit adultery, and walk in l...
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15
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwo...
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16
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you; the...
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17
They say continually unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto ev...
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18
For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath m...
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19
Behold, the tempest of the LORD, even his fury, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall bur...
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20
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the inten...
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21
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
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22
But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned...
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23
Am I a God (Elohim) at hand, saith the LORD, 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 the LORD. Do not I fill heaven...
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25
I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I h...
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26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies; even the prophets of the dec...
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27
which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his ne...
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28
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word...
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29
Is not my word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his...
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31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my...
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33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the...
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34
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I wi...
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35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answe...
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36
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s own word shall be his burden; f...
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37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken...
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38
But if ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word, The...
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39
therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto...
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40
and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotte...
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