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28 Let the prophet who has a dream relate the dream, but let whoever receives my message[a] speak my message truthfully. What does straw have in common with wheat?” declares the Lord. 29 “My message is like fire or like a hammer that shatters rock, is it not?” declares the Lord.

30 “Therefore, look, I’m against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who steal my words from each other.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:28 Lit. my word is with him

28 Let the prophet who has a dream(A) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word(B) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,”(C) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(D) that breaks a rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(E) the prophets(F) who steal from one another words supposedly from me.

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