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Jeremiah 23:14-22
King James Version
Jeremiah 23:14-22
King James Version
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
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Jeremiah 23:14-22
New International Version
Jeremiah 23:14-22
New International Version
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:(A)
They commit adultery and live a lie.(B)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(C)
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(D)
They are all like Sodom(E) to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(F)
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:
“I will make them eat bitter food
and drink poisoned water,(G)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness(H) has spread throughout the land.”
16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Do not listen(I) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions(J) from their own minds,
not from the mouth(K) of the Lord.
17 They keep saying(L) to those who despise me,
‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(M)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(N) of their hearts
they say, ‘No harm(O) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(P) of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(Q) of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(R) swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger(S) of the Lord will not turn back(T)
until he fully accomplishes
the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
you will understand it clearly.
21 I did not send(U) these prophets,
yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
yet they have prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,(V)
they would have proclaimed(W) my words to my people
and would have turned(X) them from their evil ways
and from their evil deeds.(Y)
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