Jeremiah 23:30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal My words every one from his neighbour.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
29Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
31Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues and say: 'He saith.'
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3I also will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.
Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.'
Psalms 34:16(34-17) The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Jeremiah 44:11Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set My face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
Ezekiel 13:8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them; out of the fire are they come forth, and the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I 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 →