Jeremiah 23:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.””
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““Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Therefore, lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 23:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 20:3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
- Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Deuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
- Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
- Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- Jeremiah 44:11Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:29This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
- Ezekiel 13:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 13:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
- Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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