Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says Adonai: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed!”
Jeremiah 23:31 - Tree of Life Version Indeed, I am against the prophets”, declares Adonai, “who use their tongues to utter a prophecy, ‘It is a declaration!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Common English Bible I’m against the prophets who carelessly deliver oracles, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: 'The Lord says it.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues and say: The Lord saith it. |
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says Adonai: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed!”
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets—400 men—and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold off?” They answered, “Go up, for God will give it into the king’s hand!”
They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘Adonai has said, you will have shalom.’ To everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: ‘No evil will come on you.’”
“Therefore here I am against the prophets”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“who steal My words from each other.
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” declares Adonai, “and tell them, and so lead My people astray with their lies and with their reckless boasts. Yet I never sent them or commanded them. Nor do they benefit this people at all.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Then said the prophet Jeremiah to the prophet Hananiah: “Hear now, Hananiah! Adonai has not sent you, yet you have caused this people to trust in a lie.
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood speaks lies—“I will prophesy for you of wine and strong drink”—then he would be a spokesman of this people.
But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet will die.’