Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Parallel translations
- WEB Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’
- BSB Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
- NKJV Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
- NASB And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?
- NLT Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?
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Quick answer
Jeremiah challenges the king to consider the false prophets who promised Babylon would not come.
Overview
He contrasts his vindicated warnings with the failed predictions of the false prophets. Their assurances of safety have proven empty as the threat returns. The verse exposes the bankruptcy of comforting lies against the proven reliability of God's true word.
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Cross-references · 13
- Jer 2:28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
- Jer 28:10–17Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.
- Jer 28:1–5And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
- Jer 14:13–15Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
- Jer 8:11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
- Jer 29:31Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
- 2 Kgs 3:13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
- Jer 23:17They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
- Jer 6:14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
- Jer 27:14–18Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
- Deut 32:36–37For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
- Ezek 13:10–16Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
- Lam 2:14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
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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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