Jeremiah 29:21
New King James Version
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a (A)lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
Lamentations 2:14
New King James Version
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 29:8-9
New King James Version
8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst (A)deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy (B)falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 14:14-15
New King James Version
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
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