Jeremiah 14:14

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Summary

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

The prophets

I sent

Divination

Zechariah 10:2

And the

Jeremiah 23:26

Isaiah 30:10

Lamentations 2:14

General references

Jeremiah 23:21

Ezekiel 12:24

Bible References

The prophets

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.

Go and say to Hananiah, This is what the Lord has said: Yokes of wood have been broken by you, but in their place I will make yokes of iron.

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are saying to you what is false in my name: See, I will give them up into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your eyes.

Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.

And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

I sent

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah

For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Give ear, now, Hananiah; the Lord has not sent you; but you are making this people put their faith in what is false.

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

Divination

And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:

For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.

They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

Your vision is to no purpose, your use of secret arts gives a false answer, to put it on the necks of evil-doers who are wounded to death, whose day has come, in the time of the last punishment.

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

And the

Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.

General references

I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word

For there will be no more false visions or smooth use of secret arts in Israel.