Jeremiah 23:21,25 - Compare All Versions

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I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

“I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

“I have not sent these prophets, yet they run around claiming to speak for me. I have given them no message, yet they go on prophesying.

“I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.

I did not send out these prophets,  yet they ran.  I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

“I have heard what the prophets who prophesy a lie in my name have said: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream! ’

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

“I never sent these prophets, but they ran anyway. I never spoke to them, but they preached away. If they’d have bothered to sit down and meet with me, they’d have preached my Message to my people. They’d have gotten them back on the right track, gotten them out of their evil ruts. * * *

“I know what they’re saying, all these prophets who preach lies using me as their text, saying ‘I had this dream! I had this dream!’ How long do I have to put up with this? Do these prophets give two cents about me as they preach their lies and spew out their grandiose delusions? They swap dreams with one another, feed on each other’s delusive dreams, trying to distract my people from me just as their ancestors were distracted by the no-god Baal.

“I did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied.

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’

“I did not send [these counterfeit] prophets, Yet they ran; I did not speak to them, Yet they prophesied.

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

The LORD says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’