Jeremiah 23:30 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 23:30

28 “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.

29 “Is not My word like a ^afire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore behold, ^aI am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor.

31 Behold, I am ^aagainst the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’

32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their ^alies and by ^btheir recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not ^cprofit this people at all,” says the Lord.

33 “So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is ^athe oracle of the Lord?’ you shall then say to them,² ‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord.

34 “And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The¹ oracle of the Lord!’ I will even punish that man and his house.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 23:30

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American Standard Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore behold, I am against the [false] prophets, says the Lord, [I am even now descending upon them with punishment, these prophets] who steal My words from one another [imitating the phrases of the true prophets].

Contemporary English Version
These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn't true. I didn't choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Darby English Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

Good News Bible
I am against those prophets who take each other's words and proclaim them as my message.

King James Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

New American Standard Bible
"Therefore behold, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other."

New International Version
"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.

New King James Version
“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Therefore behold, I resist the prophets," declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other.

Revised Standard Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, who steal my words from one another.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, lo, I `am' against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.

New English Translation
So I, the Lord, affirm¹ that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.²

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