A moment in scripture
Jeremiah 23:32
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.
The surrounding passage
- Jeremiah 23:30
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
- Jeremiah 23:31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
- Jeremiah 23:33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 23:34
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.