Search results for: Jeremiah 23:29

Jeremiah 23:29 (NIV)

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

Therefore this is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:20 (NIV)

The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.

Jeremiah 23:21 (NIV)

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

Jeremiah 23:22 (NIV)

But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.

Jeremiah 23:23 (NIV)

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord , “and not a God far away?

Jeremiah 23:24 (NIV)

Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord . “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:25 (NIV)

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

Jeremiah 23:26 (NIV)

How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?

Jeremiah 23:27 (NIV)

They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.

Jeremiah 23:28 (NIV)

Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV)

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 23:1 (NIV)

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:3 (NIV)

“I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number.

Jeremiah 23:4 (NIV)

I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:5 (NIV)

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord , “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 23:6 (NIV)

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

Jeremiah 23:7 (NIV)

“So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord , “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’

Jeremiah 23:8 (NIV)

but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”

Jeremiah 23:9 (NIV)

Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a strong man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and his holy words.

Jeremiah 23:10 (NIV)

The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.

Jeremiah 23:11 (NIV)

“Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:12 (NIV)

“Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,” declares the Lord .

Jeremiah 23:13 (NIV)

“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.