For you said, ‘We have made a covenant with Death, and we have an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery.’
Jeremiah 7:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot benefit [so that you do not profit]. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Common English Bible And yet you trust in lies that will only hurt you. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, you trust in false words, which will not benefit you, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, you put your trust in lying words which shall not profit you: |
For you said, ‘We have made a covenant with Death, and we have an agreement with Sheol; when the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, it will not touch us, because we have made falsehood our refuge and have hidden behind treachery.’
They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.
No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
This is your lot, what I have decreed for you – this is the Lord’s declaration – because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.
How long will this continue in the minds of the prophets prophesying lies, prophets of the deceit of their own minds?
I am against those who prophesy false dreams’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘telling them and leading my people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
The prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, ‘Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, but you have led these people to trust in a lie.
I said, ‘Oh no, Lord God, you have certainly deceived this people and Jerusalem, by announcing, “You will have peace,” while a sword is at our throats.’
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Therefore, I will give their wives to other men, their fields to new occupants, for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.