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Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

KJV

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַר֩'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֶל־'el-concerningH413 →
אַחְאָ֤ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
קֽוֹלָיָה֙ko.la.YahKolaiahH6964 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667 →
בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121 →
מַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֔הma.'a.se.YahMaaseiahH4641 →
הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםha.ni.be.'Imwho are prophesyingH5012 →
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto <the> you
בִּשְׁמִ֖יbish.Miin name myH8034 →
שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehoodH8267 →
הִנְנִ֣י׀hi.Nihere IH2005 →
נֹתֵ֣ןno.Ten[am] about to giveH5414 →
אֹתָ֗ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
בְּיַד֙be.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027 →
נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.re.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְהִכָּ֖םve.hi.Kamand he will strike down themH5221 →
לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.Khemto eyes yourH5869 →

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Jeremiah 20:4For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Jeremiah 14:14–15“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.Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.Jeremiah 29:8–9For 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.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.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 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 37:3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”2 Chronicles 18:10Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”1 Kings 22:11Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”2 Chronicles 34:8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

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