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Jeremiah 23:31

Truth and honesty

29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

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 people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith 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 say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:10–12

    And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

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  • Isaiah 30:10

    Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:5

    Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.

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  • 2 Chronicles 18:19–21

    And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

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  • Micah 2:11

    If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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