Jeremiah 23:22

If they stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way and from their wicked doings.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

In Context

21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

23Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

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Cross References

Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

Jeremiah 35:15And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending and saying: Return ye every man from his wicked way, and make your ways good: and follow not strange gods, nor worship them, and you shall dwell in the land, which I gave you and your fathers: and you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened to me.

Ezekiel 2:7And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.

Ezekiel 13:22Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way, and live.

Zechariah 1:4Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your wicked thoughts: but they did not give ear, neither did they hearken to me, saith the Lord.

Acts 26:18To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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