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29 Is not my word like fire?” declares[a] Yahweh, “and like a blacksmith’s hammer that breaks a rock into pieces?

30 Therefore[b] look, I am against the prophets,” declares[c] Yahweh, “who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Look, I am against the prophets,” declares[d] Yahweh, “who take their tongues[e] and declare as prophets, ‘Yahweh declares.’[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:29 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 23:30 Literally “To thus”
  3. Jeremiah 23:30 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 23:31 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 23:31 Hebrew “tongue”
  6. Jeremiah 23:31 Literally “a declaration of”

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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