The Scriptures 1998

Jeremiah 23:32-40 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

32. “See, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares יהוה, “and relate them, and lead My people astray by their falsehoods and by their reckless boasting. But I Myself did not send them nor have I commanded them. And they do not profit this people at all,” declares יהוה.

33. “And when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is the message of יהוה?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What message?’ I shall forsake you,” declares יהוה.

34. “As for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The message of יהוה,’ I shall punish that man and his house.

35. “This is what each one says to his neighbour, and each one to his brother, ‘What has יהוה answered?’ and, ‘What has יהוה spoken?’

36. “But the message of יהוה you no longer remember! For every man’s message is his own word, for you have changed the Words of the living Elohim, יהוה of hosts, our Elohim!

37. “This is what you say to the prophet, ‘What has יהוה answered you?’ and, ‘What has יהוה spoken?’

38. “But since you say, ‘The message of יהוה!’ therefore thus said יהוה, ‘Because you say this word, “The message of יהוה!” and I have sent to you, saying, “Do not say, ‘The message of יהוה!’ ”

39. therefore see, I, I shall utterly forget you and cast you away from My presence, along with the city that I gave you and your fathers.

40. ‘And I shall put an everlasting reproach on you, and an everlasting shame that is not forgotten.’ ”