Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall this be In the heart of the prophets, who prophesy falsehood, The prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

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In The King James Version

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

In Context

25I have heard what the prophets say, Who prophesy falsehood in my name, Saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed.”

27Who think to cause my people to forget my name By the dreams which they relate one to another, As their fathers forgot my name through Baal?

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Cross References

Psalms 4:2How long, O men! will ye dishonor my dignity? How long will ye love vanity, and seek disappointment? [[Pause.]]

Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, That thou mayst be saved! How long shall thy evil devices lodge within thee?

Jeremiah 14:14Then said Jehovah to me: The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I have not sent them, nor commissioned them, nor spoken to them; A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the fraud of their hearts, do they prophesy to you.

Hosea 8:5An abomination is thy calf, O Samaria! Mine anger is kindled against them; How long will it be ere they can attain to purity!

2 Thessalonians 2:9[[he,]] whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood,

2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own desires will they heap to themselves teachers; because they have itching ears;

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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