13 (A)Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you [a]assured (B)peace in this place.’ ”

14 And the Lord said to me, (C)“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. (D)I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, [b]divination, a worthless thing, and the (E)deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, (F)and who say, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’—‘By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:13 true
  2. Jeremiah 14:14 Telling the future by signs and omens

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