Zechariah 10:2
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2 For the (A)idols[a] speak delusion;
The diviners envision (B)lies,
And tell false dreams;
They (C)comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like (D)sheep;
They are [b]in trouble (E)because there is no shepherd.
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- Zechariah 10:2 Heb. teraphim
- Zechariah 10:2 afflicted
Matthew 9:36
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36 (A)But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were [a]weary and scattered, (B)like sheep having no shepherd.
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- Matthew 9:36 NU, M harassed
Habakkuk 2:18
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18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
Hosea 3:4
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4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days (A)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (B)ephod or (C)teraphim.
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Ezekiel 34:5
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5 (A)So they were (B)scattered because there was no shepherd; (C)and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
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Jeremiah 27:9
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9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [a]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.”
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- Jeremiah 27:9 Lit. dreams
Genesis 31:19
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19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the (A)household[a] idols that were her father’s.
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- Genesis 31:19 Heb. teraphim
Ezekiel 34:8
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8 “As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock (A)became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, (B)but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”—
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Micah 2:12
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Israel Restored
12 “I(A) will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel;
I will put them together (B)like sheep of [a]the fold,
Like a flock in the midst of their pasture;
(C)They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
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- Micah 2:12 Heb. Bozrah
Ezekiel 21:29
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29 While they (A)see false visions for you,
While they divine a lie to you,
To bring you on the necks of the wicked, the slain
(B)Whose day has come,
Whose iniquity shall end.
Ezekiel 21:21
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21 For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the road, at the fork of the two roads, to use divination: he shakes the arrows, he consults the [a]images, he looks at the liver.
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- Ezekiel 21:21 Heb. teraphim
Ezekiel 13:22-23
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22 “Because with (A)lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have (B)strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life. 23 Therefore (C)you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
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Ezekiel 13:6-16
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6 (A)They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ But the Lord has (B)not sent them; yet they hope that the word may [a]be confirmed. 7 Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”
8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord God. 9 “My hand will be (C)against the prophets who envision futility and who (D)divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, (E)nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, (F)nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. (G)Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.
10 “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, (H)‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they (I)plaster[b] it with untempered mortar— 11 say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. (J)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. (K)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 (L)see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 13:6 Come true
- Ezekiel 13:10 Or whitewash
Lamentations 2:14
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14 Your (A)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not (B)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false (C)prophecies and delusions.
Jeremiah 51:23
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23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
Jeremiah 50:17
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17 “Israel is like (A)scattered sheep;
(B)The lions have driven him away.
First (C)the king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
Jeremiah 37:19
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19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
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Jeremiah 29:21-22
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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”;
Jeremiah 29:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst (A)deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
Jeremiah 28:15
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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.
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Jeremiah 28:4-6
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4 And I will bring back to this place [a]Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon,’ says the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of the Lord, 6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, (A)“Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.
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- Jeremiah 28:4 Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:12
Jeremiah 23:25-27
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25 “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 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 23:17
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17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, (A)“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who (B)walks according to the [a]dictates of his own heart, they say,
(C)‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 23:17 stubbornness or imagination
Jeremiah 14:22
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22 (A)Are there any among (B)the idols of the nations that can cause (C)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(D)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Jeremiah 14:13
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13 (A)Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you [a]assured (B)peace in this place.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 14:13 true
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