Jeremiah 23:34 - Easy To Read Version “A prophet, or a priest, or maybe one of the people might say, ‘This is an announcement from the Lord …’ \{That person lied,\} so I will punish that person and his whole family. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as for the prophet, the priest, or [any of these] the people, whoever [in mockery calls the word of the Lord a burden and] says, The burden of the Lord, I will even visit in wrath and punish that man and his house. American Standard Version (1901) And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house. Common English Bible I will punish anyone, including prophet or priest, who says, “This is the LORD’s message.” Catholic Public Domain Version And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, 'The burden of the Lord!' I will visit upon that man and upon his house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as for the prophet and the priest and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man and upon his house. |
I, the Lord, will punish Jehoiakim and his children. And I will punish his officials. I will do this because they are wicked. I have promised to bring terrible disasters on them and on all the people that live in Jerusalem and on the people from Judah. I will bring all the bad things on them, just as I promised, because they have not listened to me.’”
Your prophets saw visions for you.\par But their visions were only worthless lies.\par They didn’t preach against your sins.\par They didn’t try to make things better.\par They preached messages for you,\par but they were false messages\par that fooled you.\par
This book is the vision {\cf2\super [1]} of Nahum from Elkosh. This is the sad message about the city of Nineveh. {\cf2\super [2]}
If a person continues to prophesy, then he will be punished. Even his parents, his own mother and father, will say to him, ‘You have spoken lies in the name of the Lord, so you must die!’ His own mother and father will stab him for prophesying.