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Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,' says the Lord, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.

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In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

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."

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:3I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak 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 the memory of them from the earth.TZADE

Jeremiah 44:11Therefore thus says 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 says the Lord God: 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 shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you 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 →

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