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Jeremiah 27:15

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For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

KJV

For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

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This verse in Jeremiah 27

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Do not listen to the words

on Jeremiah 27:14-15

Jeremiah names the prophets' source: “I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name.” The test is whether a prophet is sent. Those prophets use the LORD's name for a message He never gave, and they and their hearers “will perish.”

This site's exposition

For I have not sent them

The false prophets will perish with those they misled. The next chapter gives one case: Hananiah speaks in the name of the LORD without being sent, and he dies within the year. Clarke calls their promise about the temple articles a plain lie in the next verse.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, Those that encourage sinners to go on in their sinful ways will in the end perish with them. They prophesied that the vessels of the temple, which the king of Babylon had already carried away, should now shortly be brought back (

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

“Behold the vessels of the house of the Lord” That were exiled with Jeconiah.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 27:16:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שְׁלַחְתִּים֙I sent them

    shelachtimH7971 →845 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהֵ֛םand they

    vehemH1992 →553 times

  • נִבְּאִ֥ים[are] prophesying

    nibeimH5012 →115 times

  • בִּשְׁמִ֖יin name my

    bishmiH8034 →864 times

  • לַשָּׁ֑קֶרto <the> falsehood

    lashakerH8267 →113 times

  • לְמַ֨עַןso as

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • הַדִּיחִ֤יto drive out I

    hadichiH5080 →55 times

  • אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔םand you will perish

    vaavadtemH6 →184 times

  • אַתֶּ֕םyou

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • וְהַנְּבִאִ֖יםand the prophets

    vehaneviimH5030 →314 times

  • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםwho are prophesying

    hanibeimH5012 →115 times

  • לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you

    lakhem

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 28:15Then 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.26 worksDeuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”9 worksJeremiah 23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.5 worksJeremiah 29:9For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”5 worksJeremiah 27:10For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.4 worksJeremiah 14:15–16Therefore 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!3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 6:13–15“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.3 works2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”3 worksJeremiah 28:16–17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”2 works2 Thessalonians 2:9–12The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,2 worksMatthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”2 worksJeremiah 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 works2 Timothy 4:3–4For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.2 worksRevelation 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.2 worksMatthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.2 works2 Chronicles 18:17–22Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”2 worksJeremiah 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,2 worksJeremiah 29:22–23Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 27:10

    For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:31

      For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence

    • Ezekiel 14:9–11

      But 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…

    • Jeremiah 27:14

      Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 25:16

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has…

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:3

      For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

    • Deuteronomy 2:30

      But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…

    • 1 Samuel 2:25

      If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since…

    • Amos 7:10–13

      Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,

    • Isaiah 46:10

      I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 27 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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