Jeremiah 7:8 - The Scriptures 2009 “See, you are trusting in false words, which do not profit – Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot benefit [so that you do not profit]. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Common English Bible And yet you trust in lies that will only hurt you. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, you trust in false words, which will not benefit you, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, you put your trust in lying words which shall not profit you: |
because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with She’ol we have effected a vision. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it does not come to us, for we have made lying our refuge, and under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us what is smooth, prophesy deceits.
No one calls for righteousness, and no one pleads for truth. They trust in emptiness and speak worthlessness; they conceive trouble and bring forth wickedness.
“This is your lot, your measured portion from Me,” declares יהוה, “because you have forgotten Me, and trust in falsehood.
“Till when shall it be in the heart of the prophets? – the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
“See, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares יהוה, “and relate them, and lead My people astray by their falsehoods and by their reckless boasting. But I Myself did not send them nor have I commanded them. And they do not profit this people at all,” declares יהוה.
And the prophet Yirmeyah said to Ḥananyah the prophet, “Listen, please, Ḥananyah, יהוה has not sent you, but you have made this people trust in falsehood.
Then I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! Truly, You have greatly deceived this people and Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Peace is for you,’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so. And what are you going to do at the end of it?
“Do not trust in these false words, saying, ‘This is the Hĕḵal of יהוה, the Hĕḵal of יהוה, the Hĕḵal of יהוה!’
“Therefore I give their wives to others, and their fields to possessing ones. For from the least even to the greatest, they are all greedy for gain. From the prophet to the priest, all act falsely.