Jeremiah 23:21-40

21I sentH7971 not these prophetsH5030, yet they ranH7323: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesiedH5012. 22But if they had stoodH5975 in my councilH5475, then had they caused my peopleH5971 to hearH8085 my wordsH1697, and had turnedH7725 them from their evilH7451 wayH1870, and from the evilH7451 of their doings.

23Am I a GodH430 at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a GodH430 afarH7350 off? 24Can any hideH5641 himself in secretH4565 placesH4565 so that I shall not seeH7200 him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fillH4390 heavenH8064 and earthH776? saith Jehovah. 25I have heardH8085 what the prophetsH5030 have saidH559, that prophesyH5012 liesH8267 in my nameH8034, sayingH559, I have dreamedH2492, I have dreamedH2492. 26How long shall this be in the heartH3820 of the prophetsH5030 that prophesyH5012 liesH8267, even the prophetsH5030 of the deceit of their own heartH3820? 27that think to cause my peopleH5971 to forgetH7911 my nameH8034 by their dreamsH2472 which they tell every manH376 to his neighborH7453, as their fathersH1 forgat my nameH8034 for BaalH1168. 28The prophetH5030 that hath a dreamH2472, let him tell a dreamH2472; and he that hath my wordH1697, let him speakH1696 my wordH1697 faithfully. What is the strawH8401 to the wheat? saith Jehovah. 29Is not my wordH1697 like fireH784? saith Jehovah; and like a hammerH6360 that breaketh the rockH5553 in pieces? 30ThereforeH3651, behold, I am against the prophetsH5030, saith Jehovah, that stealH1589 my wordsH1697 every oneH376 from his neighborH7453. 31Behold, I am against the prophetsH5030, saith Jehovah, that use their tonguesH3956, and say, He saith. 32Behold, I am against them that prophesyH5012 lyingH8267 dreamsH2472, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my peopleH5971 to errH8582 by their liesH8267, and by their vain boasting: yet I sentH7971 them not, nor commandedH6680 them; neither do they profitH3276 this peopleH5971 at all, saith Jehovah.

33And when this peopleH5971, or the prophetH5030, or a priestH3548, shall askH7592 thee, sayingH559, What is the burdenH4853 of Jehovah? then shalt thou sayH559 unto them, What burdenH4853! I will cast you off, saith Jehovah. 34And as for the prophetH5030, and the priestH3548, and the peopleH5971, that shall sayH559, The burdenH4853 of Jehovah, I will even punishH6485 that manH376 and his houseH1004. 35ThusH3541 shall ye sayH559 every oneH376 to his neighborH7453, and every oneH376 to his brotherH251, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spokenH1696? 36And the burdenH4853 of Jehovah shall ye mention no more: for every man’sH376 own wordH1697 shall beH1961 his burdenH4853; for ye have perverted the wordsH1697 of the living GodH430, of Jehovah of hostsH6635 our GodH430. 37ThusH3541 shalt thou sayH559 to the prophetH5030, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spokenH1696? 38But if ye sayH559, The burdenH4853 of Jehovah; thereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah: Because ye sayH559 this wordH1697, The burdenH4853 of Jehovah, and I have sentH7971 unto you, sayingH559, Ye shall not sayH559, The burdenH4853 of Jehovah; 39thereforeH3651, behold, I will utterly forgetH5382 you, and I will cast you off, and the cityH5892 that I gaveH5414 unto you and to your fathersH1, away from my presenceH6440: 40and I will bring an everlasting reproachH2781 upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgottenH7911.