Jeremiah 27:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.”
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“For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 27:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 23:25“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- Jeremiah 27:14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
- Jeremiah 28:16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Jeremiah 32:31For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence
- Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
- Zechariah 10:2For idols speak deceitand diviners see illusions;they tell false dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep,oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
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