Jeremiah 23:31

The Passion Translation

I am against the lying prophets who make up their prophecies and say, ‘Thus says the Lord!’

Cross References

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers: “Stop seeing your visions.” They say to the prophets: “Stop prophesying to us about what is right. Prophesy only pleasant things to us, even if they’re illusions!

Jeremiah 23:17

“They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has spoken: You will have peace!’ And to those who follow their own stubborn ways, they prophesy, ‘No disaster will touch you.’

Jeremiah 23:30

“So then I, Yahweh, affirm that I am against the prophets who steal prophetic words from someone else and yet affirm that they came from me!

Jeremiah 23:32

I am against the prophets who boast in their lies,” declares Yahweh. “They lead my people astray by their lying prophecies, dreams, and exaggerations. I affirm that I never sent them or commissioned them; they are no good at all for these people,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “You had better listen, Hananiah. Yahweh has not sent you; you have misled the people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 28:17

The prophet Hananiah died the same year, in the seventh month.