Jeremiah 5:31

New International Version

The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

Cross References

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” “Go,” they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?

Isaiah 20:6

In that day the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’ ”

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I am forever— the eternal queen!’ But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.

Jeremiah 26:7

The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord.

Lamentations 1:9

Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. “Look, Lord, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.”

Lamentations 2:14

The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.

Lamentations 4:13

But it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed within her the blood of the righteous.

Lamentations 4:18

People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:10

“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,

Ezekiel 13:6

Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words.

Ezekiel 22:14

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

Hosea 4:9

And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Hosea 9:5

What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals, on the feast days of the Lord?

Micah 2:11

If a liar and deceiver comes and says, ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’ that would be just the prophet for this people!

Micah 2:6

“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say. “Do 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 tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.”

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

Deuteronomy 32:20

“I will hide my face from them,” he said, “and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!