Jeremiah 23:16

The Scriptures 1998

Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, they lead you astray. They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of יהוה.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

Then יהוה  said to me, “The prophets prophesy falsehood in My Name. I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own heart.

Ezekiel 13:6

“Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, ‘Thus declares יהוה,’ when יהוה  has not sent them, yet they expected the word to be confirmed!

Matthew 7:15

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus said the Master יהוה, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, without having had a vision!

1 John 4:1

Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Jeremiah 23:21

“I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

2 Kings 17:15

and rejected His laws and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His witnesses which He had witnessed against them, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless, and after the gentiles who were all around them, of whom יהוה  had commanded them not to do like them.

Micah 2:11

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood has lied: ‘I preach to you of wine and of strong drink,’ he shall be the ‘preacher’ of this people!

Jeremiah 23:26

“Till when shall it be in the heart of the prophets? – the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

Ezekiel 22:28

“And her prophets have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,’ when יהוה  had not spoken.

Ezekiel 13:23

“Therefore you shall no longer see false visions, nor practise divination. And I shall deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am יהוה.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 13:16

the prophets of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 29:8

“For thus said יהוה  of hosts, Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 9:20

But hear the word of יהוה, O women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth. And teach your daughters wailing, and each one her neighbour a lamentation.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus said יהוה, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear discipline, And you shall stray from the words of knowledge.

Romans 1:21

because, although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasonings, and their undiscerning heart was darkened.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the wise man, that he understands this? And to whom has the mouth of יהוה  spoken, that he declares it? Why has the land perished, has it been burned up like a wilderness, with none passing through?

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates have sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her sovereign and her rulers are among the gentiles. The Torah is no more, And her prophets have found no vision from יהוה.

1 Kings 22:11

And Tsiḏ

2 Chronicles 18:5

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have done wickedness in Yisra’ĕ