Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of Jehovah, that thou die not by our hand,
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Isaiah 30:10who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;
Jeremiah 12:5If thou hast run with footmen, and they have wearied thee, how wilt thou then contend with horses? And if in a land of peace thou thinkest thyself in security, how wilt thou then do in the swelling of the Jordan?
Jeremiah 20:1And Pashur the son of Immer, the priest and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.
Jeremiah 26:8And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.
Amos 2:12And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Micah 2:6Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:19-23
Conspiracy against Jeremiah; Destruction of the Men of Anathoth. ( b. c. 606.) 18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou showedst me their doings. 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the… Read the whole commentary →