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Jeremiah 28:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now you are saying we will have peace. We will just have to wait and see if that is really what the LORD has said.

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I will make the message of my prophets come true. They are saying, “Jerusalem will be filled with people, and the LORD will rebuild the towns of Judah.”

I replied, “The other prophets keep telling everyone that you won't send starvation or war, and that you're going to give us peace.”

I said, “You are the LORD God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?”

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Soon they will be punished, just as you warned, and they will know that a prophet has been among them.

You may be asking yourselves, “How can we tell if a prophet's message really comes from the LORD?”

You will know, because if the LORD says something will happen, it will happen. And if it doesn't, you will know that the prophet was falsely claiming to speak for the LORD. Don't be afraid of any prophet whose message doesn't come from the LORD.




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