Jeremiah 23:30
Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his neighbor.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
29Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
31Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name.
Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.
Psalms 34:16The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.
Jeremiah 44:11Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will set my face upon you for evil: and I will destroy all Juda.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have spoken vain things, and have seen lies: therefore behold I come against you, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 15:7And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them : and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.
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 →