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Jeremiah 23:32

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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

“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.

WEB World English Bible

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn’t send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.

ASV American Standard Version

Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, I am against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I—I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Surrounding context — Jeremiah 23

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.

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 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.

34 And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

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הִ֠נְנִיH2005 · henlook!עַֽל־H5921 · alupon נִבְּאֵ֞יH5012 · na.vato prophesy חֲלֹמ֥וֹתH2472 · cha.lomdream שֶׁ֙קֶר֙H8267 · she.qerdeception נְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙H5608 · sa.pharto recount וַיַּתְע֣וּH8582 · ta.ahto go astray אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַמִּ֔יH5971 · ampeople בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖םH8267 · she.qerdeception וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑םH6350 · pa.cha.zutrecklessness וְאָנֹכִ֨יH595 · a.no.khiI לֹֽא־H3808 · lonot שְׁלַחְתִּ֜יםH7971 · sha.lachto send: depart וְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonot צִוִּיתִ֗יםH6680 · tsa.vahto command וְהוֹעֵ֛ילH3276 · ya.alto gain לֹֽא־H3808 · lonot יוֹעִ֥ילוּH3276 · ya.alto gain לָֽעָם־H5971 · ampeople הַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthis נְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

Ezekiel 13:7-18Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith [it]; albeit I have not spoken?Lamentations 2:14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets [are] light [and] treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.Jeremiah 7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.Jeremiah 29:31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:Zechariah 13:2-3And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.Jeremiah 23:16Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.Jeremiah 28:15-17Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.Jeremiah 27:14-22Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.Isaiah 3:12[As for] my people, children [are] their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause [thee] to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Jeremiah 23:21-22I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.Jeremiah 29:21-23Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.Deuteronomy 13:1-18If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,2 Corinthians 1:17When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

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