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Jeremiah 23:31

Truth and honesty

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

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

“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.

33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, 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
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
KJV
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
WEB
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
ASV
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
DARBY
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.
BLB
“Behold, I [am] against the prophets—” says YHWH—“Those taking their own tongues, and prophesying, ‘[His] utterance.”
ÅB
Se, jeg kommer over de profeter som bruker sin tunge og sier: Så sier Herren.
OTB
Ja," sier Herren, "jeg er imot profetene som vifter med sine egne tunger og erklærer: 'Herren sier.'
B1930
Se, jeg kommer over de profeter som bruker sin tunge og sier: Så sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 23:17

    They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:10–12

    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

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  • Isaiah 30:10

    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:5

    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:19–21

    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

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  • Micah 2:11

    If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

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