Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.” ’
Jeremiah 23:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am against the prophets’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘who use their own tongues to make a declaration. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Common English Bible I’m against the prophets who carelessly deliver oracles, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: 'The Lord says it.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues and say: The Lord saith it. |
Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.” ’
So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, ‘Should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ’ They replied, ‘March up, and God will hand it over to the king.’
They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
They keep on saying to those who despise me, “The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.” They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, “No harm will come to you.” ’
Therefore, take note! I am against the prophets’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘who steal my words from each other.
I am against those who prophesy false dreams’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘telling them and leading my people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, ‘Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.
If a man comes and utters empty lies – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’ – he would be just the preacher for this people!
But the prophet who presumes to speak a message in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods #– #that prophet must die.”