Jeremiah 29:8
6 Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
7 Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
- KJV
- For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- WEB
- For the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you. Don’t listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
- ASV
- For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
- DARBY
- For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.
- BLB
- For thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Do not let your⁺ prophets and your⁺ diviners that [are] among you⁺ deceive you⁺, and do not listen to your⁺ dreams that you⁺ cause to be dreamed.
- ÅB
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: La ikke deres profeter, som er iblant dere, og deres spåmenn dåre dere, og lytt heller ikke til de drømmer som dere har!
- OTB
- For så sier Herren, Hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: “La dere ikke bedra av profetene og spåmennene som er blant dere, og hør ikke på drømmene dere får dem til å drømme.
- B1930
- For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: La ikke eders profeter, som er iblandt eder, og eders spåmenn dåre eder, og lytt heller ikke til de drømmer som I har!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
Read in contextJeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Read in contextJeremiah 27:9
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
Read in contextRevelation 13:14
Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
Read in context2 Peter 2:2–3
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:13
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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