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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BSBPD

“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)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 27:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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!’
  3. 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.
  4. 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.’”
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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