New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 23:21-27

21 1I did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied.22But if they had 2stood in My council, Then they would have 3announced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds.

23“Am I a God who is 4near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off?24Can a man 5hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “6Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

25“I have 7heard what the prophets have said who 8prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a 9dream, I had a dream!’ 26How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the 10deception of their own heart, 27who intend to 11make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers 12forgot My name because of Baal?

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1. Jeremiah 23:21 Jer 14:14; 23:32; 27:15 ↩
2. Jeremiah 23:22 Jer 9:12; 23:18 ↩
3. Jeremiah 23:22 Jer 35:15; Zech 1:4 ↩
4. Jeremiah 23:23 Ps 139:1-10 ↩
5. Jeremiah 23:24 Job 22:13, 14; 34:21, 22; Ps 139:7-12; Is 29:15; Jer 49:10; Heb 4:13 ↩
6. Jeremiah 23:24 1 Kin 8:27; 2 Chr 2:6; Is 66:1 ↩
7. Jeremiah 23:25 Jer 8:6; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
8. Jeremiah 23:25 Jer 14:14 ↩
9. Jeremiah 23:25 Num 12:6; Jer 23:28, 32; 29:8; Joel 2:28 ↩
10. Jeremiah 23:26 1 Tim 4:1, 2 ↩
11. Jeremiah 23:27 Deut 13:1-3; Jer 29:8 ↩
12. Jeremiah 23:27 Judg 3:7; 8:33, 34 ↩

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