Jer 23:32 | NET2full | STEP | I, the Lord , affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies . I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all . I, the Lord , affirm it!”

‏ Jeremiah 23:32

32 I, the Lord, affirm ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”} that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. ^{▼▼tn Heb “with their lies and their recklessness.” This is an example of hendiadys where two nouns (in this case a concrete and an abstract one) are joined by “and” but one is intended to be the adjectival modifier of the other.} I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. ^{▼▼sn In the light of what has been said this is a rhetorical understatement; they are not only “not helping,” they are leading them to their doom (cf. vv. 19-22). This figure of speech is known as litotes.} I, the Lord, affirm it!” ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”}