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26 How long will this continue? If they are “prophets,” they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say. 27 By telling these false dreams they are trying to get my people to forget me in the same way as their fathers did, who turned away to the idols of Baal.

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26 How long[a] will this be in the hearts[b] of the prophets who prophesy lies,[c] even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,[d] 27 who plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors[e] forgot my name through Baal?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:26 Literally “Until when”
  2. Jeremiah 23:26 Hebrew “heart”
  3. Jeremiah 23:26 Hebrew “the lie”
  4. Jeremiah 23:26 Hebrew “heart”
  5. Jeremiah 23:27 Or “fathers”