Jeremiah 23:32
“Behold, I am against them that prophecie false dreames, sayeth the Lord, and doe tell them, and cause my people to erre by their lyes and by their lightnesse, yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profite this people at all, sayth the Lord.”
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Jeremiah 23:32 Context
30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, sayth the Lord, that steale my worde euery one from his neighbour. 31Beholde, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that vse their tongues, and say; He sayth. 32Behold, I am against them that prophecie false dreames, sayeth the Lord, and doe tell them, and cause my people to erre by their lyes and by their lightnesse, yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profite this people at all, sayth the Lord. 33¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest shall aske thee, saying; What is the burden of the Lord ? thou shalt then say vnto them; What burden? I will euen forsake you, saith the Lord. 34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shal say, The burden of the Lord, I will euen punish that man and his house.
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Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
- King James Version
"Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams, declares the LORD, "and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)