The 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. Cross References Isaiah 58:1 "Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram's horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. Jeremiah 8:11 They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace at all. Jeremiah 20:6 And 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.'" 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!' 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 23:34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, 'This is the burden of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household. Jeremiah 23:36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man's word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God. Jeremiah 28:15 Then 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 29:8 For 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 29:9 For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD." 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. Lamentations 4:13 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. Ezekiel 13:3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing. Ezekiel 22:25 The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. Ezekiel 22:28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' when the LORD has not spoken. Ezekiel 23:36 Then the LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. Hosea 9:7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived--let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. Micah 3:8 As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. Treasury of Scripture Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not discovered your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment. prophets Isaiah 9:15,16 Jeremiah 2:8 Jeremiah 5:31 they have Isaiah 58:1 Jeremiah 23:22 Ezekiel 13:22 FALSE Jeremiah 23:14-17,31,32 Jeremiah 27:9,10 Ezekiel 22:25,28 |