Verse 31
Jeremiah 23:31
Noah Webster Bible
31
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 be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
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2
Therefore thus saith the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye hav...
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3
And I will gather the remnant of my flock from all countries whither I have driven them, and will br...
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4
And I will set shepherds over them who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed...
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5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King sha...
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6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety: and this is his name by which he...
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7
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, who...
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8
But, the LORD liveth, who brought and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north count...
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9
My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, a...
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10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places o...
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11
For both prophet and priest are profane; even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the L...
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12
Wherefore their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and...
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13
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Isra...
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14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in li...
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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 to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they ma...
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17
They say still to them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say to eve...
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18
For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marke...
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19
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grie...
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20
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he shall have executed, and till he shall have perform...
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21
I have not sent these 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 counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they would have...
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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 said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have d...
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26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yes, they are prophets of th...
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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 a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word...
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29
Is not my word like a 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 false 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 wil...
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35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answer...
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36
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for y...
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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 since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, T...
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39
Therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I ga...
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40
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgott...
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