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Jeremiah 23:17-19
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Jeremiah 23:17-19
Easy-to-Read Version
17 Some of the people hate the real messages from the Lord,
so the prophets give them a different message.
They say, ‘You will have peace.’
Some of the people are very stubborn.
They do only what they want to do.
So the prophets say,
‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’
18 But none of these prophets has stood in the heavenly council.[a]
None of them has seen or heard the message from the Lord.
None of them has paid close attention to his message.
19 Now the punishment from the Lord will come like a storm.
His anger will be like a tornado.
It will come crashing down on the heads of those wicked people.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 23:18 heavenly council The people in the Old Testament often talk about God as the leader of a council of heavenly beings (angels). Compare 1 Kings 22:19-23; Isa. 6:1-8 and Job 1 and 2.
Jeremiah 23:17-19
New International Version
Jeremiah 23:17-19
New International Version
17 They keep saying(A) to those who despise me,
‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(C) of their hearts
they say, ‘No harm(D) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(E) of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(F) of the Lord
will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(G) swirling down
on the heads of the wicked.
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