Jeremiah 23:32

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Summary

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.

To err

And by

Zephaniah 3:4

2 Corinthians 1:17

Therefore

General references

Jeremiah 23:21

Bible References

To err

This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: Do not listen to what the prophets are saying to you. They fill you with false hope. They speak about visions that they dreamed up. These visions are not from Jehovah.

Do not listen to the prophets who tell you, 'You will never serve the king of Babylon.' They prophesy lies to you.

Then Jeremiah the prophet told the prophet Hananiah: Listen, Hananiah! Jehovah did not send you. You are making these people believe a lie.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Kolaiah's son Ahab and about Maaseiah's son Zedekiah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: 'I am going to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will kill them as you watch.

Any prophet who dares to say something in my name that I did not command him to say or who speaks in the name of other gods must die.

Children oppress my people! Women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray. They confuse the direction of your paths.

Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said 'Jehovah declares,' but it is not I who has spoken?'

Jehovah of Hosts declared: I will remove the names of the idols from the land! They will no longer be remembered. I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to leave the land.

The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

And by

Her prophets are insolent and treacherous persons. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary! They have done violence to the law.

When I planned this was I unfaithful? Or in other things do I perform according to the flesh. With me should there be a yes or a no?

Therefore

If they had stood in my council they would have announced my words to my people. They would have turned them back from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.

You are trusting in deceptive words that are of no value to you.

The visions your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish! They have not made you fully aware of your sin so your fate might be changed. They have seen for you false words, driving you away.

Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.

General references

I did not send these prophets, but they ran. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied.