Jeremiah 27:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not listen to and believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon, for it is a lie that they prophesy to you. American Standard Version (1901) And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you. Common English Bible Pay no attention to the words of the prophets who encourage you not to serve the king of Babylon, for they are lying to you. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets, saying to you: 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.' For they are speaking a lie to you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon. For they tell you a lie. |
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; the LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Where now are your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in the mire: they are turned away back.
Thy prophets have seen visions for thee of vanity and foolishness; and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to bring again thy captivity: but have seen for thee burdens of vanity and causes of banishment.
If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.