Jeremiah 23:32-34

Contemporary English Version

^30-32 These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn't true. I didn't choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the Lord, have spoken.

News and Nuisance

The Lord said to me:

³³ Jeremiah, when a prophet or a priest or anyone else comes to you and asks, “Does the Lord have news for us?” tell them, “You people are a nuisance^[a] to the Lord, and he^[b] will get rid of you.”

³⁴ If any of you say, “Here is news from the Lord,” I will punish you and your families, even if you are a prophet or a priest.