Thematic Bible: The people
Thematic Bible
False prophets » The people » Warned not to listen to
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
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They speak a
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you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
for I have not sent them," declares the LORD, "but they prophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may drive you out and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you." Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, 'Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon'; for they are prophesying a lie to you.
False prophets » The people » Led into error by
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Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
Theycry, “Peace,”
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised
And the priests rule
And My people
But what will you do at the end of it?
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
"Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness All of them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets, 'Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Pollution has gone forth into all the land.'"
False prophets » The people » Made to forget God's name by
who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?
False prophets » The people » Deprived of God's word by
Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who steal My words from each other.
False prophets » The people » Oppressed and defrauded by
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.
national Sins » Defile » The people
‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord God.”