King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 23:31
“Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 23
[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
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