Jeremiah 23:32
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
31Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
Isaiah 3:12O my people, your exactors + 3:12 Gr. glean you. strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blessed lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.
Jeremiah 23:13And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
Jeremiah 23:21I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah 27:14Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you⌃ that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows,
Jeremiah 29:21For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard.
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 →