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Jeremiah 23:16-32 (ASV)

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16 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah. 17 They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you. 18 For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it? 19 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly. 21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 23 Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah. 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27 that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal. 28 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 straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah. 29 Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 24) Strength / Sovereignty / Power - "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD
(v. 25) Forgetting / Remembering - False prophets make people forget God by their dreams
(v. 26) Forgetting / Remembering - False prophets make people forget God by their dreams
(v. 27) Forgetting / Remembering - False prophets make people forget God by their dreams
(v. 29) Word of God / Teaching / Knowledge - Word is like a hammer or fire

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 24) What is God like? Do not I fill heaven and earth?

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 23) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 24) God Is (part VII) (2011-03-26)
(v. 29) Old Testament - The Word (2011-03-29)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 16) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 17) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 18) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 19) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 20) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 21) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 22) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 23) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 24) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 25) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 26) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 27) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 28) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 29) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 30) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 31) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)
(v. 32) Devotional: Feelings (2008-12-12)