Jeremiah 23:14-26

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁵ Therefore, this is what Adonai-Tzva’ot says concerning the prophets:

“I will feed them bitter wormwood
and make them drink poisonous water,
for ungodliness has spread through all the land
from the prophets of Yerushalayim.”
¹⁶ Adonai-Tzva’ot says:

“Don’t listen to the words of the prophets
who are prophesying to you.
They are making you act foolishly,
telling you visions from their own minds
and not from the mouth of Adonai.
¹⁷ They keep reassuring those who despise me,
‘Adonai says you will be safe and secure,’
and saying to all living by their own stubborn hearts,
‘Nothing bad will happen to you.’
¹⁸ But which of them has been present at the council
of Adonai to see and hear his word?
Who has paid attention to
his word enough to hear it?”

¹⁹ Look! The storm of Adonai,
bursting out in fury,
a whirling storm, whirling down
upon the heads of the wicked!
²⁰ Adonai’s anger will not abate
till he fully accomplishes the purpose in his heart.
In the acharit-hayamim,
you will understand everything.

²¹ “I did not send these prophets; yet they ran.
I did not speak to them; yet they prophesied.
²² If they have been present at my council,
they should let my people hear my words
and turn them from their evil way
and the evil of their actions.
²³ Am I God only when near,” asks Adonai,
“and not when far away?
²⁴ Can anyone hide in a place so secret
that I won’t see him?” asks Adonai.
Adonai says, “Do I not
fill heaven and earth?