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Jeremiah 14:13

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Yet I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’ ”

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They have healed also the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet upon the Lord they lean, saying, “Is not the Lord in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.”

They still say to those who despise Me, “The Lord has said, ‘You will have peace’ ”; and they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, “No evil will come upon you.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You shall have peace,’ whereas the sword reaches the throat.”

For they have healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.

Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked that he should not turn from his wicked way and save his life,

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and My people love to have it so. Yet what will you do in the end?

They have lied about the Lord, and said, “Not He. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.”

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

His watchmen are blind; they all are ignorant; they all are dumb dogs, unable to bark; sleepers lying down, who love to slumber.

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it shall be done to them!

For there shall be no more any vain vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house will go into captivity; and you will come to Babylon, and there you will die and will be buried there, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?




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