Deuteronomy 13:1 - Easy To Read Version1 “A prophet or a person that explains dreams might come to you. He might tell you that he will show you a sign or a miracle. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 IF A prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible1 Now if a prophet or a dream interpreter appears among you and performs a sign or wonder for you, Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version1 "If there will have arisen in your midst a prophet, or someone who claims that he had seen a dream, and if he will have predicted sign and portent, Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version1 If there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign and a wonder: Féach an chaibidil |
I am against the false prophets that preach fake dreams.” This message is from the Lord. “They mislead my people with their lies and false teachings. I did not send those prophets to teach the people. I never commanded them to do anything for me. They can’t help the people of Judah at all.” This message is from the Lord.
So don’t listen to your prophets. Don’t listen to the people that use magic to tell what will happen in the future. Don’t listen to people that say they can interpret dreams. Don’t listen to people that talk to the dead or to people that practice magic. All those people tell you, “You will not be slaves to the king of Babylon.”
Shemaiah, this is what you said in your letter to Zephaniah: ‘Zephaniah, the Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. You are to be in charge of the Lord’s temple. You should arrest anyone that acts like a crazy person {\cf2\super [228]} and acts like a prophet. You should put that person’s feet between large blocks of wood and put neck-irons {\cf2\super [229]} on him.
People use their little statues and magic to learn the things that will happen in the future—but that is all useless. Those people see visions and tell about their dreams, but it is nothing but worthless lies. So the people are like sheep wandering here and there crying for help—but there is no shepherd to lead them.
In the past there were false prophets {\cf2\super [6]} among \{God’s\} people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—teachings that will make people be lost. And those false teachers will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to accept the Master (Jesus) who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.