Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 23:31 in context
Jeremiah 23:28–34
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?
30
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
31
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Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
32
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says the LORD, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says the LORD.
33
“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says the LORD.’
34
As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from the LORD,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
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