False Prophets

13 But I said, “Oh, Lord [a]God! Behold, the prophets are telling them, ‘You (A)will not see a sword, nor will you have famine; on the contrary, I will give you lasting (B)peace in this place.’” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “The (C)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. (D)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a (E)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own [b]minds. 15 Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—(F)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Jeremiah 14:14 Lit heart

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