Jeremiah 29:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Send 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:

Send

Jeremiah 29:20

Because

General references

Jeremiah 23:21

Bible References

Send

And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Because

For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

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

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.

So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

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