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Jeremiah 14:15

Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!

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ASV

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֞ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַֽל־'al-onH5921 →
הַנְּבִאִ֞יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
הַנִּבְּאִ֣יםha.ni.be.'Imwho are prophesyingH5012 →
בִּשְׁמִי֮bish.Miin name myH8034 →
וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
שְׁלַחְתִּים֒she.lach.TimI sent themH7971 →
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ve.He.mahand theyH1992 →
אֹֽמְרִ֔ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingH559 →
חֶ֣רֶבChe.revswordH2719 →
וְרָעָ֔בve.ra.'Avand famineH7458 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יִהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will happenH1961 →
בָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776 →
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
בַּחֶ֤רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
וּבָֽרָעָב֙u.va.ra.'Avand by <the> famineH7458 →
יִתַּ֔מּוּyi.Ta.muthey will meet their endH8552 →
הַנְּבִאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
הָהֵֽמָּה׃ha.He.mah<the> thoseH1992 →

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Jeremiah 5:13The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”Jeremiah 5:12–13They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.Ezekiel 13:14I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 14:10They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.Jeremiah 29:31–32“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,1 Kings 22:25Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”Jeremiah 29:20–21So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 23:14–15And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”Jeremiah 28:15–17Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.Jeremiah 20:6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”2 Peter 2:14–17Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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