Jeremiah:23:21-32
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I have not sent these prophets ,
yet they ran :
I have not spoken to them ,
yet they prophesied .
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But if they had stood in my counsel ,
and had caused my people to hear my words ,
then they should have turned them from their evil way ,
and from the evil of their doings ma #
alal #.
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Am I a God at hand ,
saith the LORD ,
and not a God afar off ?
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Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ?
saith the LORD .
Do not I fill heaven and earth ?
saith the LORD .
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I have heard what the prophets said ,
that prophesy lies in my name ,
saying ,
I have dreamed ,
I have dreamed .
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How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies ?
yea ,
they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart ;
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Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour ,
as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal Ba #
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The prophet that hath a dream ,
let him tell a dream ;
and he that hath my word ,
let him speak my word faithfully .
What is the chaff to the wheat ?
saith the LORD .
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Is not my word like as a fire ?
saith the LORD ;
and like a hammer that breaketh #
the rock in pieces ?
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Therefore ,
behold ,
I am against the prophets ,
saith the LORD ,
that steal my words every one from his neighbour .
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Behold ,
I am against the prophets ,
saith the LORD ,
that use their tongues ,
and say ,
He saith .
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Behold ,
I am against them that prophesy false dreams ,
saith the LORD ,
and do tell them ,
and cause my people to err by their lies ,
and by their lightness ;
yet I sent them not ,
nor commanded them :
therefore they shall not profit this people at all ,
saith the LORD .