They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
Parallel translations
- WEB They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
- NASB who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they report to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?
- NLT By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
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Quick answer
These prophets, by their false dreams, aim to make God's people forget His name, just as their ancestors forgot Him for Baal. False teaching leads to apostasy.
Overview
The false prophets' dreams were not harmless; they functioned to erode Israel's memory of and loyalty to the LORD, repeating the idolatry of earlier generations who turned to Baal. Forgetting God's name means abandoning true worship. The verse underscores how counterfeit revelation pulls people away from the one true God.
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- Judg 8:33–34And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
- Judg 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Jer 29:8For 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.
- Judg 10:6And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- 2 Kgs 21:3For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- Acts 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- Deut 13:1–5If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- 2 Tim 2:17–18and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
- 2 Tim 3:6–8They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,
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