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Jeremiah 23:31
“Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 23
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.
When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? Then you shall tell them, What burden! I will cast you off, says Yahweh.
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