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29 Isn’t my word like fire
    and like a hammer that shatters rock?
        declares the Lord.
30 Therefore, I’m against the prophets
    who steal my words from each other,
        declares the Lord.
31 I’m against the prophets
    who carelessly deliver oracles,[a]
        declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:31 Heb uncertain

29 “Is not my word like fire,”(A) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer(B) that breaks a rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against(C) the prophets(D) who steal from one another words supposedly from me. 31 Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’(E)

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