Jeremiah 23:30
Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, saith the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
29Behold, are not my words as fire? saith the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
31Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me.
Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet whosoever shall impiously speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, and whosoever shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
Psalms 34:16They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, 1 They gnashed their teeth upon me. 1
Jeremiah 44:11And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharaoh,
Ezekiel 13:8And therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Because your words are false, and your prophecies are vain, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 15:7And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and yet fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I 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 →