14 “They have (A)healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.

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False Prophets

13 But, “Ah, Lord [a]God!” I said, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You (A)will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you [b]lasting (B)peace in this place.’” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “The (C)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. (D)I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a (E)false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own [c]minds.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Jeremiah 14:13 Lit peace of truth
  3. Jeremiah 14:14 Lit hearts

14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not (B)exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have (C)seen for you false and misleading [a]oracles.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:14 Lit burdens

10 It is definitely because they have (A)misled My people by saying, ‘(B)Peace!’ when there is (C)no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

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