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14 Then the Lord told me, “The prophets are prophesying lies[a] in my name. I didn’t send them, I didn’t command them, and I didn’t speak to them. They’re proclaiming[b] to you false visions, worthless predictions,[c] and the delusions of their own minds. 15 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the false prophets who prophesy in my name, ‘There will be no sword and famine in this land’ (though I haven’t sent them): ‘By the sword and by famine these prophets will be finished off! 16 The people to whom they have prophesied will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. There will be no one to bury them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I’ll pour out on them the[d] judgment they deserve.’”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:14 Or deception
  2. Jeremiah 14:14 Lit. prophesying
  3. Jeremiah 14:14 or divination
  4. Jeremiah 14:16 Lit. their
  5. Jeremiah 14:16 The Heb. lacks they deserve