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10 Because, in truth, because they have misled my people, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a flimsy wall, these prophets[a] smear whitewash on it.(A)

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  1. 13.10 Heb they

28 Its prophets have smeared whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, “Thus says the Lord God,” when the Lord has not spoken.(A)

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16 the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for it when there was no peace, says the Lord God.”(A)

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14 They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,
    saying, “Peace, peace,”
    when there is no peace.(A)

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Denunciation of Lying Prophets

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God! Here are the prophets saying to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’ ”(A)

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11 They have treated the wound of the daughter of my people carelessly,
    saying, “Peace, peace,”
    when there is no peace.(A)

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But they did not listen; Manasseh misled them to do more evil than the nations had done that the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.(A)

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20 But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to engage in sexual immorality[a] and to eat food sacrificed to idols.(A)

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  1. 2.20 Or prostitution

26 I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you.

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13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.(A)

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False Asceticism

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later[a] times some will renounce[b] the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,(A)

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  1. 4.1 Or the last
  2. 4.1 Or move away from

15 Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”(A)

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11 If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods,
    saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
    such a one would be the preacher for this people!(A)

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25 When anguish comes, they will seek peace,
    but there shall be none.(A)

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My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.(A)

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As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet.”(A)

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17 They keep saying to those who despise the word of the Lord,[a] “It shall be well with you,” and to all who stubbornly follow their own stubborn hearts, they say, “No calamity shall come upon you.”(A)

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  1. 23.17 Gk Syr: Heb despise me, the Lord has spoken

13 In the prophets of Samaria
    I saw a disgusting thing:
they prophesied by Baal
    and led my people Israel astray.(A)
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen a more shocking thing:
they commit adultery and walk in lies;
    they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
    so that no one turns from wickedness;
all of them have become like Sodom to me
    and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.(B)
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
I am going to make them eat wormwood
    and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness has spread throughout the land.(C)

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15 We look for peace but find no good,
    for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.(A)

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31 the prophets prophesy falsely,
    and the priests rule as the prophets direct;[a]
my people love to have it so,
    but what will you do when the end comes?(A)

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  1. 5.31 Or rule by their own authority

10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, how utterly you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ even while the sword is at the throat!”(A)

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21 There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.(A)

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10 who say to the seers, “Do not see,”
    and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us smooth things;
    prophesy illusions;(A)

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26 The righteous are released from misfortune,[a]
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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  1. 12.26 Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

12 The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

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