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Jeremiah 14:13

New American Bible - revised edition

“Ah! Lord God,” I replied, “it is the prophets who say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword; famine shall not befall you. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

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All the sentinels of Israel are blind, they are without knowledge; They are all mute dogs, unable to bark; Dreaming, reclining, loving their sleep.

“Ah, Lord God!” I said, “I do not know how to speak. I am too young!”

You, Pashhur, and all the members of your household shall go into exile. To Babylon you shall go; there you shall die and be buried, you and all your friends, because you have prophesied lies to them.”

They say to those who despise the word of the Lord, “Peace shall be yours”; And to everyone who walks in hardness of heart, “No evil shall overtake you.”

Where are your own prophets who prophesied for you, saying: ‘The King of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

“Ah! Lord God,” they will say, “You really did deceive us When you said: You shall have peace, while the sword was at our very throats.”

They denied the Lord, saying, “He is nothing, No evil shall come to us, neither sword nor famine shall we see.

The prophets are wind, and the word is not with them. Let it be done to them!”

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes?

They have treated lightly the injury to my people: “Peace, peace!” they say, though there is no peace.

They have treated lightly the injury to the daughter of my people: “Peace, peace!” they say, though there is no peace.

No longer shall there be any false visions or deceitful divinations within the house of Israel,

Because you discourage the righteous with lies when I did not want them to be distressed, and encourage the wicked so they do not turn from their evil ways and save their lives,

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

There were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who ransomed them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.




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