World English Bible
Jeremiah 23:30
“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 23
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
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