Verse 15

Jeremiah 27:15

American Standard Version

15 For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּי/ם֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וְ/הֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים בִּ/שְׁמִ֖/י לַ/שָּׁ֑קֶר לְמַ֨עַן הַדִּיחִ֤/י אֶתְ/כֶם֙ וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֕ם וְ/הַ/נְּבִאִ֖ים הַֽ/נִּבְּאִ֥ים לָ/כֶֽם
English Translation
For I did not send them, declares the LORD, and they prophesy in my name falsely in order to lead you astray, and you will perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 27 Context
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word unto Jer... Focus ↗
2 Thus saith Jehovah to me: Make thee bonds and bars, and put them upon thy neck; Focus ↗
3 and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon... Focus ↗
4 and give them a charge unto their masters, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of... Focus ↗
5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power... Focus ↗
6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant... Focus ↗
7 And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son`s son, until the time of his own land... Focus ↗
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnez... Focus ↗
9 But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to yo... Focus ↗
10 for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out,... Focus ↗
11 But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, tha... Focus ↗
12 And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under t... Focus ↗
13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah... Focus ↗
14 And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the k... Focus ↗
15 For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you...
16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the w... Focus ↗
17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a deso... Focus ↗
18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to... Focus ↗
19 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the b... Focus ↗
20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jeho... Focus ↗
21 yea, thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left i... Focus ↗
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, saith Je... Focus ↗