Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 23:26
26How long will this continue? Is there anything in the heart of such prophets prophesying lies? These prophets have deception in their heart.
Jeremiah 23:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
- New International Version (NIV)How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?
- English Standard Version (ESV)How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,
- New King James Version (NKJV)How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
Context of Jeremiah 23:26
24Can anyone hide himself in places so secret that I will not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” It is a declaration of Adonai. 25“I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in My Name, saying: ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’ How long will this continue? Is there anything in the heart of such prophets prophesying lies? These prophets have deception in their heart. 27Through their dreams that they each tell to his companion, that intend to make My people forget My Name—just as their fathers forgot My Name because of Baal. 28“The prophet who has a dream may recount a dream, but let the one who has My word speak My word in truth. For what is straw compared with wheat?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:26 word by word
עַד־מָתַ֗י הֲיֵ֛שׁ בְּלֵ֥ב הַנְּבִאִ֖ים נִבְּאֵ֣י הַשָּׁ֑קֶר וּנְבִיאֵ֖י תַּרְמִ֥ת לִבָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:26
- Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution— on the hills in the field I have seen your loathsome acts. Oy you, Jerusalem! You are unclean! How much longer?”
- Psalms 4:2Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness! You set me free when I am in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
- Hosea 8:5Samaria! Your calf is thrown down! My anger is kindled against them! How long will they be incapable of innocence?
- Acts 13:10and said, “O you, full of all deceit and trickery, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness—will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
- Jeremiah 14:14Then Adonai said to me: “The prophets prophesy lies in My Name! I did not send them, nor commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, divination, futility, a delusion of their heart.”
- Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one is connected to the activity of satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Ruach clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, following deceitful spirits and teachings of demons
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not put up with sound instruction, but they will pile up for themselves teachers in keeping with their own desires, to have their ears tickled.
- 2 Peter 2:13They will be paid back for what they have done—evil for evil. They consider carousing in broad daylight a pleasure. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while feasting together with you.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Some translate, “How long? Is it in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, and prophesy the deceit of their heart - do they purpose to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they tell one to another?”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 23-32 Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27The false prophets valued dreams highly. Claiming to have a dream supposedly gave their message authority. However, these prophets made up everything to lead people away from the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. prophets--a different Hebrew form from the usual one, "prophesiers." "How long," cries Jeremiah, impatient of their impious audacity, "shall these prophecy-mongers go on prophesying lies?" The answer is given in Jr 23:29-34.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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