Jeremiah 23:16
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
The Lord of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Hearken
- Jeremiah 27:9, 10, 14–17; Jeremiah 29:8; Proverbs 19:27; Matthew 7:15; 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Galatians 1:8, 9; 1 John 4:1
- they make
- Jeremiah 2:5; 2 Kings 17:15; Romans 1:21
- a vision
- Jeremiah 23:21, 26; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:3, 6, 16, 23; Ezekiel 22:28; Micah 2:11