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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 8:33–34As soon as Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute following the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
- Judg 3:7The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and forgot Yahweh their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
- Jer 29:8For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
- Judg 10:6The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh, and didn’t serve him.
- 2 Kgs 21:3For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he raised up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel did, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
- Acts 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.
- Deut 13:1–5If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
- 2 Tim 2:17–18and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
- 2 Tim 3:6–8For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
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