Jeremiah 23:1-40

The Righteous Branch

1 u "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning u the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. v Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord. 3 w Then I will gather the remnant of my flock x out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, y and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 z I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord.

5 a "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous b Branch, and c he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and d Israel will e dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: f 'The Lord is our righteousness.'

7 g "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, 'As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' 8 but 'As the Lord lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he 1 had driven them.' Then they shall dwell in their own land."

Lying Prophets

9 Concerning the prophets:
h My heart is broken within me;
i all my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and because of his holy words.
 10 j For the land is full of adulterers;
k because of the curse l the land mourns,
and m the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
n Their course is evil,
and their might is not right.
 11 o "Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even p in my house I have found their evil,
declares the Lord.
 12 q Therefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths r in the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
s in the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
 13 In the prophets of t Samaria
u I saw an unsavory thing:
v they prophesied by Baal
w and led my people Israel astray.
 14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
x they commit adultery and walk in lies;
y they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
z all of them have become like Sodom to me,
z and its inhabitants like Gomorrah."
 15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
a "Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
a and give them b poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land."

16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, c filling you with vain hopes. d They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. 17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, e 'It shall be well with you'; and to everyone who f stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, g 'No disaster shall come upon you.'"

18 For h who among them has stood in the council of the Lord
to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened?
 19 i Behold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
j a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
 20 k The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and k accomplished
the intents of his heart.
l In the latter days you will understand it clearly.

21 m "I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
 22 n But if they had stood in my council,
then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
o and they would have turned them from their evil way,
and p from the evil of their deeds.

23 q "Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? 24 q Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. r Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. 25 I have heard what the prophets have said s who prophesy lies in my name, saying, t 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!' 26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of u the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to make my people forget my name t by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their v fathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 w Let the prophet who has a dream x tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. y What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 y Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and z like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 a Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, 'declares the Lord.' 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and b lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when c I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.

33 d "When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the Lord?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, 2 and f I will cast you off, declares the Lord.' 34 And as for the prophet, priest, or one of the people who says, 'The burden of the Lord,' d I will punish that man and his household. 35 Thus shall you say, every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother, 'What has the Lord answered?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?' 36 But 'the burden of the Lord' you shall mention no more, for the burden is every man's own word, and g you pervert the words of h the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God. 37 Thus you shall say to the prophet, 'What has the Lord answered you?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?' 38 But if you say, 'The burden of the Lord,' thus says the Lord, 'Because you have said these words, "The burden of the Lord," when I sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The burden of the Lord,'" 39 therefore, behold, I will surely lift you up and f cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers. 40 i And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and i perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:3
    Shepherds with their flocks shall come against ...
    Jeremiah 10:21
    For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire...
    Jeremiah 22:22
    The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds, and...
    Jeremiah 25:34
    Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in a...
    Jeremiah 25:36
    A voice - the cry of the shepherds, and the wai...
    Isaiah 56:11
    The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never hav...
    Ezekiel 34:2
    Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of I...
    Zechariah 11:17
    "Woe to my worthless shepherd, who deserts the ...
    John 10:12 - 13
    He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who ...
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:1
    Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:22
    But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.
    Jeremiah 4:4
    Circumcise yourselves to the Lord ; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:14
    I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and ...
    Jeremiah 32:37
    Behold, I will gather them from all the countri...
    Deuteronomy 30:3
    Then the Lord your God will restore your fortun...
    Ezekiel 20:34
    I will bring you out from the peoples and gathe...
    Ezekiel 20:41
    As a pleasing aroma I will accept you, when I b...
    Ezekiel 37:21
    Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God : Beho...
    Psalms 107:3
    And gathered in from the lands, from the east a...
    Ezekiel 34:11 - 16
    For thus says the Lord God : Behold, I, I mysel...
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:3
    Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 1:28
    And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:15
    'And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:5 - 6
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
    Jeremiah 33:14 - 16
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 4:2
    In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.
    Isaiah 11:1
    There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:9
    But they shall serve the Lord their God and Dav...
    Isaiah 32:1
    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and...
    Ezekiel 37:24
    My servant David shall be king over them, and t...
    Hosea 3:5
    Afterward the children of Israel shall return a...
    Zechariah 9:9
    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout alou...
    Matthew 2:2
    Saying, "Where is he who has been born king of ...
    Luke 1:32
    He will be great and will be called the Son of ...
    Luke 19:38
    Saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the n...
    John 1:49
    Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son...
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:28
    So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew.
    Zechariah 14:11
    And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:37
    Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 10:4
    For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
    1 Corinthians 1:30
    And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:7 - 8
    "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, 'As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'
    Jeremiah 16:14 - 15
    "Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, 'As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:9
    Then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.
  16. Cross References
    Habakkuk 3:16
    I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:7 - 8
    How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores.
    Jeremiah 9:2
    Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 10:7
    His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
    Psalms 59:12
    For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter.
    Hosea 4:2 - 3
    There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:28
    "For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be dark; for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back."
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:10
    I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
    Jeremiah 12:4
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, "He will not see our latter end.
    Psalms 107:34
    A fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:17
    But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:33 - 34
    "When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the Lord ?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the Lord.'
    Zephaniah 3:4
    Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.
    Jeremiah 6:13
    For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:30
    For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the Lord. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
    Jeremiah 32:34
    They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.
    Ezekiel 8:16
    And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
    Ezekiel 23:39
    For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, this is what they did in my house.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 35:6
    Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
    Psalms 73:18
    Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
  25. Cross References
    Proverbs 4:19
    The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
    Jeremiah 13:16
    Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 11:23
    And none of them shall be left. For I will bring disaster upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:9
    And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the hea...
    Ezekiel 16:46
    And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived wit...
    Ezekiel 16:51
    Samaria has not committed half your sins. You h...
    Ezekiel 16:53
    I will restore their fortunes, both the fortune...
    Ezekiel 16:55
    As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters sh...
    Ezekiel 23:4
    Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah t...
    Ezekiel 23:33
    You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow....
  28. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:14
    Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:8
    The priests did not say, 'Where is the Lord ?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:16
    For those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
    Micah 3:5
    Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:23
    Because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the Lord.'
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 64:5
    They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see them?
    Ezekiel 13:22
    Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life.
  33. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:9 - 10
    If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
    Isaiah 13:19
    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
  34. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:9 - 10
    If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
    Isaiah 13:19
    And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:15
    Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink.
    Proverbs 5:4
    But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
  36. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:15
    Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink.
    Proverbs 5:4
    But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:14
    Why do we sit still? Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
  38. Cross References
    Psalms 12:2
    Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:21
    I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
    Jeremiah 23:26
    How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart.
    Numbers 16:28
    And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
  40. Cross References
    Zechariah 10:2
    For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
    Jeremiah 6:14
    They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
  41. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:17
    At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
  42. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:12
    They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, 'He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
    Micah 3:11
    Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.
  43. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:22
    But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.
    Isaiah 40:14
    Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
  44. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:23
    Behold the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
  45. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:32
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, disaster is going forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth!
  46. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:24
    The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
    Isaiah 55:11
    So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
  47. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:24
    The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
    Isaiah 55:11
    So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
  48. Cross References
    Jeremiah 30:24
    The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has executed and accomplished the intentions of his mind. In the latter days you will understand this.
  49. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:14
    And the Lord said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
  50. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:18
    For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to see and to hear his word, or who has paid attention to his word and listened?
  51. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:5
    Saying, 'Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds, and dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever.
    Luke 1:17
    And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.
  52. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:2
    Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.
  53. Cross References
    Psalms 94:7
    And they say, "The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.
    Psalms 94:9
    He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
    Amos 9:2 - 3
    If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
    Psalms 139:7 - 12
    Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
  54. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:23
    Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?
  55. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:1
    Thus says the Lord : "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
    Acts 7:49
    'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
  56. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:31
    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
  57. Cross References
    Zechariah 10:2
    For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
  58. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:16
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
    Jeremiah 23:21
    I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
    Numbers 16:28
    And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
  59. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:25
    I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!
  60. Cross References
    Judges 3:7
    And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
    Judges 8:33 - 34
    As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.
  61. Cross References
    Numbers 12:6
    And he said, "Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
  62. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:25
    I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!
  63. Cross References
    Luke 3:17
    His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  64. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:28
    Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord.
  65. Cross References
    Daniel 2:34
    As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
    Daniel 2:45
    Just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
  66. Cross References
    Ezekiel 13:8
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God.
    Jeremiah 14:15
    Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not come upon this land': By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
    Deuteronomy 18:20
    But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
  67. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:13
    In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
  68. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:21
    I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
    Jeremiah 14:14
    And the Lord said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.
  69. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:1 - 11
    Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.
  70. Cross References
    Hosea 4:6
    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
  71. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:33
    "When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the Lord ?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the Lord.'
  72. Cross References
    Matthew 15:6
    He need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.
  73. Cross References
    Psalms 42:2
    My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  74. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:33
    "When one of this people, or a prophet or a priest asks you, 'What is the burden of the Lord ?' you shall say to them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you off, declares the Lord.'
  75. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:11
    But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
  76. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:11
    But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.
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