For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says Yahweh.
- KJV For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
- NKJV For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord.
- NASB For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,’ declares the Lord.
- NLT because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them,” says the Lord.
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Quick answer
God flatly states these prophets lie in His name and that He did not send them. Their false authority is exposed by God Himself.
Overview
The decisive verdict, as throughout these chapters, is that God did not send them, however much they invoked His name. Their lies endangered the exiles by fostering false expectations. Only God's true word, spoken through Jeremiah, could be trusted. This underscores that the test of any teaching is its faithfulness to what God has actually revealed.
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Cross-references · 3
- Jer 27:15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jer 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- Jer 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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