Jeremiah 28:15
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15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but (A)you make this people trust in a (B)lie.
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Jeremiah 14:14-15
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14 And the Lord said to me, (A)“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. (B)I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, [a]divination, a worthless thing, and the (C)deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, (D)and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!
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- Jeremiah 14:14 Telling the future by signs and omens
Jeremiah 27:15
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15 for I have (A)not sent them,” says the Lord, “yet they prophesy a lie in My name, that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
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Jeremiah 23:21
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21 “I(A) have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Ezekiel 13:2-3
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2 “Son of man, prophesy (A)against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to (B)those who prophesy out of their own (C)heart,[a] ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ ”
3 Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen [b]nothing!
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- Ezekiel 13:2 Inspiration
- Ezekiel 13:3 No vision
Ezekiel 22:28
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28 (A)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (B)seeing false visions, and divining (C)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken.
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Lamentations 2:14
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14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (B)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (C)prophecies and delusions.
Jeremiah 29:23
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23 because (A)they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I (B)know, and am a witness, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:22
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22 “Because with (A)lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have (B)strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.
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1 Kings 22:23
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23 (A)Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”
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Jeremiah 20:6
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6 And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. You shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die, and be buried there, you and all your friends, to whom you have (A)prophesied lies.’ ”
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Zechariah 13:3
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3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall (A)not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him (B)shall thrust him through when he prophesies.
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Jeremiah 29:31-32
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31 Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, (A)and I have not sent him, and he has caused you to trust in a (B)lie— 32 therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his [a]family: he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord, (C)because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 29:32 descendants, lit. seed
Jeremiah 28:11
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11 And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (A)from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.’ ” And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
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