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False Prophecies and False Prophets

33 “Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, ‘What prophecy has the Lord burdened you with now?’ You must reply, ‘You are the burden![a] The Lord says he will abandon you!’

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Footnotes

  1. 23:33 As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads What burden?

This is the message[a] that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1a Hebrew An Oracle: The message.
  2. 1:1b Malachi means “my messenger.”

This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.

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This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.

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12 Even if you do have children who grow up,
    I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
    and leave you alone.

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“I have abandoned my people, my special possession.
    I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.

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A Message about Babylon

13 Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

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19 “The Lord saw this and drew back,
    provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
20 He said, ‘I will abandon them;
    then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
    children without integrity.

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39 I will forget you completely.[a] I will expel you from my presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your ancestors. 40 And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:39 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version read I will surely lift you up.

Jeremiah’s Complaint

O Lord, you misled me,
    and I allowed myself to be misled.
You are stronger than I am,
    and you overpowered me.
Now I am mocked every day;
    everyone laughs at me.
When I speak, the words burst out.
    “Violence and destruction!” I shout.
So these messages from the Lord
    have made me a household joke.

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15 People scoff at me and say,
“What is this ‘message from the Lord’ you talk about?
    Why don’t your predictions come true?”

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A Message about Philistia

28 This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 14:28 King Ahaz died in 715 B.c.

59 When God heard them, he was very angry,
    and he completely rejected Israel.
60 Then he abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,
    the Tabernacle where he had lived among the people.

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and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

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17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’ 18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.

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