Jeremiah 23:30
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbour.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
29“Isn’t my word like fire?” says the LORD; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
31Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from amongst his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”
Psalms 34:16The LORD’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
Jeremiah 44:11“Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
Ezekiel 13:8“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you,” says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 15:7I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will 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 →