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

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10 They say to the seers,(A)
    “See no more visions(B)!”
and to the prophets,
    “Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,(C)
    prophesy illusions.(D)

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18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (A)their own appetites,[a] and (B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  1. Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.

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13 but (A)never again prophesy at Bethel, for (B)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

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13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,(A) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple(B) of the kingdom.(C)

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12 “But you made the Nazirites (A)drink wine,
    and commanded the prophets,
    saying, (B)‘You shall not prophesy.’

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12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
    and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.(A)

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Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, (A)whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”

Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, (B)I am against you, declares the Lord God. My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, (C)nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, (D)nor shall they enter the land of Israel. (E)And you shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (F)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (G)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15

Have you not seen false visions(A) and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you,(B) declares the Sovereign Lord. My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying(C) divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records(D) of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(E)

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(F) saying, “Peace,”(G) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(H)

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21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (A)Anathoth, (B)who seek your life, and say, (C)“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

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21 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth(A) who are threatening to kill you,(B) saying, “Do not prophesy(C) in the name of the Lord or you will die(D) by our hands”—

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And when they have finished their testimony, (A)the beast that rises from (B)the bottomless pit[a] (C)will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

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  1. Revelation 11:7 Or the abyss

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(A) that comes up from the Abyss(B) will attack them,(C) and overpower and kill them.

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26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of (A)the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to make my people forget my name (B)by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their (C)fathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 (D)Let the prophet who has a dream (E)tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. (F)What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 (G)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and (H)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions(A) of their own minds?(B) 27 They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget(C) my name, just as their ancestors forgot(D) my name through Baal worship.(E) 28 Let the prophet who has a dream(F) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word(G) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”(H) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(I) that breaks a rock in pieces?

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17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, (A)‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who (B)stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, (C)‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

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17 They keep saying(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm(D) will come to you.’

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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (C)oppose all mankind 16 (D)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (E)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (F)wrath has come upon them at last![a]

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever

15 who killed the Lord Jesus(A) and the prophets(B) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(C) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(D) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

16 Have I then become your enemy by (A)telling you the truth?[a]

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  1. Galatians 4:16 Or by dealing truthfully with you

16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?(A)

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28 saying, (A)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you (B)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.”

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28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,”(A) he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”(B)

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17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them (A)to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

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17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”

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