Jeremiah 14:14-15
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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
Jeremiah 6:14
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14 They have also (A)healed the [a]hurt of My people [b]slightly,
(B)Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
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- Jeremiah 6:14 Lit. crushing
- Jeremiah 6:14 Superficially
Jeremiah 28:15-17
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15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but (A)you make this people trust in a (B)lie. 16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you shall (C)die, because you have taught (D)rebellion against the Lord.’ ”
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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Jeremiah 23:32
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32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their (A)lies and by (B)their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not (C)profit this people at all,” says the Lord.
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Isaiah 9:15-16
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15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
16 For (A)the leaders of this people cause them to err,
And those who are led by them are destroyed.
Romans 16:18
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18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord [a]Jesus Christ, but (A)their own belly, and (B)by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
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- Romans 16:18 NU, M omit Jesus
Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone. (A)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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Matthew 7:15
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You Will Know Them by Their Fruits(A)
15 (B)“Beware of false prophets, (C)who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
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Malachi 2:8
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8 But you have departed from the way;
You (A)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(B)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Micah 3:11
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11 (A)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(B)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [a]money.
(C)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
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- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
Micah 2:11
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11 If a man should walk in a false spirit
And speak a lie, saying,
‘I will [a]prophesy to you [b]of wine and drink,’
Even he would be the (A)prattler of this people.
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- Micah 2:11 Or preach, lit. drip
- Micah 2:11 concerning
Ezekiel 22:25-29
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25 (A)The conspiracy of her [a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (B)have devoured [b]people; (C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (D)Her priests have [c]violated My law and (E)profaned My holy things; they have not (F)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her (G)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [d]people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 (H)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (I)seeing false visions, and divining (J)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (K)oppress the stranger.
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- Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
- Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls
- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Ezekiel 13:18-19
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18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the women who sew magic charms [a]on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you (A)hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive? 19 And will you profane Me among My people (B)for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”
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- Ezekiel 13:18 Lit. over all the joints of My hands; Vg. under every elbow; LXX, Tg. on all elbows of the hands
Ezekiel 13:10-16
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10 “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, (A)‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they (B)plaster[a] it with untempered mortar— 11 say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. (C)There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?’ ”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. 14 So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. (D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
15 “Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, ‘The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it, 16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who (E)see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 13:10 Or whitewash
Jeremiah 29:21-23
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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. 22 (B)And because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, (C)whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”; 23 because (D)they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I (E)know, and am a witness, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:27
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27 who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, (A)as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
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Jeremiah 23:9-17
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False Prophets and Empty Oracles
9 My heart within me is broken
Because of the prophets;
(A)All my bones shake.
I am like a drunken man,
And like a man whom wine has overcome,
Because of the Lord,
And because of His holy words.
10 For (B)the land is full of adulterers;
For (C)because of a curse the land mourns.
(D)The pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course of life is evil,
And their might is not right.
11 “For (E)both prophet and priest are profane;
Yes, (F)in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
12 “Therefore(G) their way shall be to them
Like slippery ways;
In the darkness they shall be driven on
And fall in them;
For I (H)will bring disaster on them,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
13 “And I have seen [a]folly in the prophets of Samaria:
(I)They prophesied by Baal
And (J)caused My people Israel to err.
14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
(K)They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also (L)strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like (M)Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
15 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
‘Behold, I will feed them with (N)wormwood,
And make them drink the water of gall;
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
[b]Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ”
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
They make you worthless;
(O)They speak a vision of their own heart,
Not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, (P)“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who (Q)walks according to the [c]dictates of his own heart, they say,
(R)‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 23:13 Lit. distastefulness
- Jeremiah 23:15 Or Pollution
- Jeremiah 23:17 stubbornness or imagination
Isaiah 56:9-12
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Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 (A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are (B)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(C)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, they are (D)greedy[b] dogs
Which (E)never[c] have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (F)drink;
(G)Tomorrow will be (H)as today,
And much more abundant.”
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- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. strong of soul
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. do not know satisfaction
Isaiah 3:12
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12 As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! (A)Those who lead you [a]cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”
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- Isaiah 3:12 lead you astray
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