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12 “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,
    and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’

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13 Don’t bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king’s sanctuary and the national place of worship!”

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10 They tell the seers,
    “Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
    “Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
    Tell us lies.

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True and False Prophets

“Don’t say such things,”
    the people respond.[a]
“Don’t prophesy like that.
    Such disasters will never come our way!”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Or the prophets respond; Hebrew reads they prophesy.

21 This is what the Lord says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the Lord’s name.”

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16 Now then, listen to this message from the Lord:

“You say,
‘Don’t prophesy against Israel.
    Stop preaching against my people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:16 Hebrew against the house of Isaac.

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