Jeremiah 23
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Jeremiah 23:23-32

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.

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