Thematic Bible: The people
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False prophets » The people » Warned not to listen to
And therefore follow not your Prophets, soothsayers, expounders of dreams, charmers and witches, which say unto you: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
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And therefore the LORD of Hosts giveth you this warning, "Hear not the words of the prophets, that preach unto you, and deceive you: for they speak the meaning of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
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hearken not unto the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams. For the LORD thy God tempteth you, to wete whether ye love the LORD your God with all your hearts and with all your souls.
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neither have I sent them, sayeth the LORD: howbeit they are bold, falsely for to prophesy in my name: that I might the sooner drive you out, and that ye might perish with your preachers.'" I spake to the Priests also, and to all the people, "Thus sayeth the LORD: Hear not the words of those Prophets, that preach unto you, and say, 'Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall shortly be brought hither again from Babylon.' For they prophesy lies unto you.
False prophets » The people » Led into error by
I have seen folly among the Prophets of Samaria, that they preached for Baal, and deceived my people of Israel.
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And as concerning the prophets that deceive my people, thus the LORD sayeth against them: When they have any thing to bite upon, then they preach that all shall be well. But if a man put not some thing in to their mouths, they preach of war against him.
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False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised
The Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What will come thereof at the last?
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Woe be to you when all men praise you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
I have seen also among the Prophets of Jerusalem foul adultery, and presumptuous lies. They take the most shameful men by the hand, flattering them, so that they cannot return from their wickedness. All these with their citizens are, unto me, as Sodom and as the inhabiters of Gomorrah." Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts concerning the prophets, "Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem is the sickness of hypocrisy come into all the land."
False prophets » The people » Made to forget God's name by
Whose purpose is, with the dreams that everyone tell, to make my people forget my name, as their forefathers did when Baal came up.
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False prophets » The people » Deprived of God's word by
"Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD: behold, I will upon the prophets, that steal my word privily from every man.
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False prophets » The people » Oppressed and defrauded by
thy Prophets that are in thee are sworn together to devour souls, like as a roaring Lion that liveth by his prey. They receive riches and good, and make many widows in thee.
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national Sins » Defile » The people
Defile not yourselves in any of these things, for with all these things are these nations defiled which I cast out before you:
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that the house of Israel be led no more from me through error, and be no more defiled in their wickedness: but that they may be my people, and I their God, sayeth the LORD God.'"
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