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Jeremiah 23:25

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

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ASV

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

KJV

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
אֵ֤ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834 →
אָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.Ruthey have saidH559 →
הַנְּבִאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםha.ni.be.'Imwho prophesyH5012 →
בִּשְׁמִ֛יbish.Miin name myH8034 →
שֶׁ֖קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
חָלַ֖מְתִּיcha.Lam.tiI have dreamedH2492 →
חָלָֽמְתִּי׃cha.La.me.tiI have dreamedH2492 →

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Matthew 24:5For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.Jeremiah 23:32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.Jeremiah 29:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.Jeremiah 27:9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.Genesis 37:9Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.Luke 12:3What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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