Jeremiah 5:31

Modern English Version

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?

Cross References

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, approximately four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I wait?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to lying lips, and a liar listens to a spiteful tongue.

Isaiah 10:3

And what will you do in the day of punishment and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

Isaiah 20:6

So the inhabitants of this coastland shall say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And how shall we escape?’ ”

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us can live with the continual fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against Me.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, “I shall be a queen forever,” but you did not take these things to heart, nor remember the outcome of them.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds have been snatched away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, nor have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them. They prophesy to you a false vision and divination, and emptiness, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 26:7

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Lamentations 1:9

Her uncleanness is in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is astounding; she has no comforter. “O  Lord, look upon my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!”

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not revealed your iniquity, to bring back your captives, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading.

Lamentations 4:13

This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

Lamentations 4:18

They tracked our steps so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:10

It is surely because they have seduced My people, saying, “Peace,” when there was no peace. And when anyone builds up a wall, they daub it with whitewash.

Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, “The Lord says,” when the Lord has not sent them. And they have made others to hope for the confirmation of their word.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken and will do it.

Hosea 4:9

It will be like people, like priest. I will punish them for their ways and reward them for their deeds.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. The harlotry of Ephraim is there; Israel is defiled.

Hosea 9:5

What will you do on the appointed day, and on the day of the festival of the Lord?

Micah 2:11

If a man, going about vapidly and deceitfully, lies, “I will preach for you wine and beer,” he would be just the preacher for this people.

Micah 2:6

“Do not prophesy,” they say. “One should not prophesy about these things. Disgrace will not overtake us.”

Micah 3:11

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.”

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and done violence to the law.

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said: I will hide My face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom there is no loyalty.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Would that they were wise, so that they understood this, so that they would comprehend their future!