Jeremiah 27:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) For it is a lie which they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. American Standard Version (1901) for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. Common English Bible They are lying to you, and their lies will lead to banishment from your land. I will drive you out, and you will perish. Catholic Public Domain Version For they prophesy lies to you, so that they may cause you to be far from your own country, and may cast you out, and may cause you to perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they prophesy lies to you: to remove you far from your country and cast you out, and to make you perish. |
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes; they speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.
I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”
Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.
And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years.” But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you shall die, because you have uttered rebellion against the Lord.’ ”
This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built to this day, so that I will remove it from my sight
Hark, the cry of the daughter of my people from the length and breadth of the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with their foreign idols?”
Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles false and misleading.
Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in; and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.
For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams, and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for want of a shepherd.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,