Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 23:30
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“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
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Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
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“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
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Jeremiah 23
28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
30 “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
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