OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 26

Jeremiah 23:26

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How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

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Jeremiah 23:23–29

23

“Am I a God at hand,” says the LORD,

“and not a God afar off?

24

Can anyone hide himself in secret places

so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD.

“Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.

25

“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

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How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

27

They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.

28

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says the LORD.

29

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says the LORD; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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