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Jeremiah 23:30

Truth and honesty

28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”

“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”

31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
KJV
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
WEB
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
ASV
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
DARBY
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
BLB
“Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets,” a declaration of YHWH, “Those stealing My words, each man from his neighbor.”
ÅB
Se, derfor, sier Herren, kommer jeg over de profeter som stjeler mine ord fra hverandre.
OTB
"Derfor," sier Herren, "er jeg imot profetene som stjeler ord fra hverandre angivelig fra meg.
B1930
Se, derfor, sier Herren, kommer jeg over de profeter som stjeler mine ord fra hverandre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 18:20

    But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”

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  • Ezekiel 13:8

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • Jeremiah 14:14–15

    “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

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  • Psalms 34:16

    But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

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  • Ezekiel 13:20

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

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  • 1 Peter 3:12

    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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  • Ezekiel 15:7

    And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.

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