Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or 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?’
- KJV Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall 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’?
- 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 2:28“But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
- Jer 28:10–17Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
- Jer 28:1–5That same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in Yahweh’s house, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
- Jer 14:13–15Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
- Jer 8:11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
- Jer 29:31“Send to all them of the captivity, saying, ‘Yahweh says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn’t send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;”
- 2 Kgs 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
- Jer 23:17They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You shall have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil shall come on you.’
- Jer 6:14They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
- Jer 27:14–18Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon;’ for they prophesy a lie to you.
- Deut 32:36–37For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
- Ezek 13:10–16“‘Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, “Peace;” and there is no peace. When one builds up a wall, behold, they plaster it with whitewash.
- Lam 2:14Your prophets have seen for you false and foolish visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, to bring back your captivity, but have seen for you false revelations 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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