Micah 2:6
New Living Translation
True and False Prophets
6 “Don’t say such things,”
the people respond.[a]
“Don’t prophesy like that.
Such disasters will never come our way!”
Footnotes
- 2:6 Or the prophets respond; Hebrew reads they prophesy.
Amos 2:12
New Living Translation
12 “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,
and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’
Isaiah 30:10
New Living Translation
10 They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
Acts 5:40
New Living Translation
40 The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
New Living Translation
15 For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity 16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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Acts 7:51
New Living Translation
51 “You stubborn people! You are heathen[a] at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
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- 7:51 Greek uncircumcised.
Acts 5:28
New Living Translation
28 “We gave you strict orders never again to teach in this man’s name!” he said. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
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Acts 4:17
New Living Translation
17 But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”
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Micah 6:16
New Living Translation
16 You keep only the laws of evil King Omri;
you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab!
Therefore, I will make an example of you,
bringing you to complete ruin.
You will be treated with contempt,
mocked by all who see you.”
Amos 8:11-13
New Living Translation
11 “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border[a]
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
13 Beautiful girls and strong young men
will grow faint in that day,
thirsting for the Lord’s word.
Footnotes
- 8:12 Hebrew from north to east.
Amos 7:13
New Living Translation
13 Don’t bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king’s sanctuary and the national place of worship!”
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Ezekiel 21:2
New Living Translation
2 “Son of man, turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and her sanctuaries.
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Ezekiel 20:46
New Living Translation
46 “Son of man, turn and face the south[a] and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of the Negev.
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- 20:46 Hebrew toward Teman.
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