Jeremiah 23:33-40

Common English Bible

³³ When these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, “What is the Lord’s message?”^[a] say to them, “What message? I will cast you off, declares the Lord.” ³⁴ I will punish anyone, including prophet or priest, who says, “This is the Lord’s message.” ³⁵ This is what you should ask each other: “What has the Lord said?” “What has the Lord declared?” ³⁶ But you are no longer to mention the Lord’s message, because everyone thinks they have received a message from the Lord. You destroy the very word of the living God, the Lord of heavenly forces, our God. ³⁷ So this is what you should say to the prophet: “What has the Lord said to you?” “What has the Lord declared?” ³⁸ But if you insist on saying, “This is the Lord’s message,” the Lord says to you: Because you have made this claim—this is the Lord’s message—when I told you not to proclaim the Lord’s message, ³⁹ I will lift you up^[b] and cast you out of my presence, together with the city that I gave to your ancestors. ⁴⁰ I will make you an object of disgrace and enduring shame that no one will ever forget.