Jeremiah 23:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, they lead you astray. They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and fill you with vain hopes; they speak a vision of their own minds and not from the mouth of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The LORD proclaims: Don’t listen to the prophets who are speaking to you; they are deceiving you. Their visions come from their own hearts, not from the LORD’s mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you. They speak a vision from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:16 Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

And Tsiḏ

2 Kings 17:15

and rejected His laws and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His witnesses which He had witnessed against them, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless, and after the gentiles who were all around them, of whom יהוה  had commanded them not to do like them.

2 Chronicles 18:5

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear discipline, And you shall stray from the words of knowledge.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then יהוה  said to me, “The prophets prophesy falsehood in My Name. I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own heart.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus said יהוה, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

Jeremiah 23:21

“I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:26

“Till when shall it be in the heart of the prophets? – the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have done wickedness in Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 29:8

“For thus said יהוה  of hosts, Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the wise man, that he understands this? And to whom has the mouth of יהוה  spoken, that he declares it? Why has the land perished, has it been burned up like a wilderness, with none passing through?

Jeremiah 9:20

But hear the word of יהוה, O women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth. And teach your daughters wailing, and each one her neighbour a lamentation.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her sovereign and her rulers are among the gentiles. The Torah is no more, And her prophets have found no vision from יהוה.

Ezekiel 13:16

the prophets of Yisra’ĕ

Ezekiel 13:23

“Therefore you shall no longer see false visions, nor practise divination. And I shall deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am יהוה.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus said the Master יהוה, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, without having had a vision!

Ezekiel 13:6

“Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, ‘Thus declares יהוה,’ when יהוה  has not sent them, yet they expected the word to be confirmed!

Ezekiel 22:28

“And her prophets have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,’ when יהוה  had not spoken.

Micah 2:11

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood has lied: ‘I preach to you of wine and of strong drink,’ he shall be the ‘preacher’ of this people!

Matthew 7:15

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.

Romans 1:21

because, although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their undiscerning heart was darkened.

1 John 4:1

Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.