Jeremiah 23:31
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Behold, I am against the prophets,” saith the Lord, “that use their tongues and say, ‘He saith.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Hear this, I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, ‘Thus says the Lord.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
I am against the prophets”—the Lord’s declaration—“who use their own tongues to make a declaration.
I’m against the prophets who carelessly deliver oracles, declares the Lord.
Yes, I am against the prophets,” says Adonai, “who speak their own words, then add, ‘He says.’
These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn't true. I didn't choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the Lord, have spoken.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.
Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.
Yes, the Lord says, “I am against the false prophets. They use their own words and pretend that it is a message from me.
They say, “This message is from the Lord,” but it is their own words that they speak.
Indeed, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their own tongues to say, “This is what the Lord declares!”
Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’
I am against the prophets [C false prophets],” says the Lord. “They use their own ·words [L tongues] and ·pretend it is a message from me [L say, ‘Says the Lord’].
Behold, I will come against the prophets, saith the Lord, which have sweet tongues, and say, He saith.
“I’m against the prophets who speak their own thoughts and say that they speak for me.
I am also against those prophets who speak their own words and claim they came from me.
I am against the prophets”—the Lord’s declaration—“who use their own tongues to make a declaration.
I am against the false prophets,” says the Lord. “They use their own words and pretend it is a message from me.
Look, I’m against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who use their tongues to issue a declaration.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that sweeten their tongues and say, He said.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares Yahweh, “who take their tongues and declare, ‘Yahweh declares.’
Look, I am against the prophets,” declares Yahweh, “who take their tongues and declare as prophets, ‘Yahweh declares.’
So I stand against these “prophets” who get their messages from each other—these smooth-tongued “prophets” who say, “This message is from God!”
“I’ve had it with the ‘prophets’ who get all their sermons secondhand from each other. Yes, I’ve had it with them. They make up stuff and then pretend it’s a real sermon.
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their tongues and say, “The Lord says.”
“I’m against the prophets who speak their own thoughts and say that they speak for me.
Yes, I am against the prophets—oracle of the Lord—those who compose their own speeches and call them oracles.
Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares!’
Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares.’
I am against those prophets who concoct their own prophecies and then assert, “Thus says the Lord.”
I am against the false prophets,” says the Lord. “They use their own words and pretend it is a message from me.
I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, ‘The Lord declares.’
Yes,” announces the Lord. “I am against the prophets who speak their own words. But they still say, ‘Here is what the Lord says.’
Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’
Yes,’ declares the Lord, ‘I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, “The Lord declares.”
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’
See, I am against these men,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘This is what the Lord says.’
I am against these smooth-tongued prophets who say, ‘This prophecy is from the Lord!’
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their own tongues and say, ‘Says the Lord.’
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their own tongues and say, ‘Says the Lord.’
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their own tongues and say, “Says the Lord.”
See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their own tongues and say, “Says the Lord.”
Hineni, I am against the nevi’im, saith Hashem, that use their [own] lashon, and say, He saith.
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their tongues and say, ‘Says the Lord.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their tongues and say, ‘Says the Lord.’
Indeed, I am against the prophets”, declares Adonai, “who use their tongues to utter a prophecy, ‘It is a declaration!’
I oppose the prophets whose tongues “declare” something, as if I, the Eternal, have declared it.
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’
Lo! I to the prophets, saith the Lord, that take their tongues, and say, The Lord saith. (Lo! I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, who use their tongues, and say, The Lord saith.)
Lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation.
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