Exodus 7:11
11Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the amagicians of Egypt, also bdid the same by their secret arts.Deuteronomy 18:10-12
10There shall not be found among you anyone cwho burns his son or his daughter as an offering, ▼▼Hebrew makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire
anyone who epractices divination or ftells fortunes or interprets omens, or ga sorcerer 11or a charmer or ha medium or a necromancer or ione who inquires of the dead, 12 jfor whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And kbecause of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. Deuteronomy 18:14
14for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.Jeremiah 14:14
14And the Lord said to me: “The lprophets are prophesying lies in my name. mI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, nworthless divination, and othe deceit of their own minds.Jeremiah 23:16
16Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, pfilling you with vain hopes. qThey speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.Jeremiah 23:25
25I have heard what the prophets have said rwho prophesy lies in my name, saying, s‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’Jeremiah 23:32
32Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and tlead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when uI did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.Jeremiah 27:14-16
14 vDo not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ wfor it is a lie that they are prophesying to you. 15I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but xthey are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”16Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: yDo not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, z‘Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,’ aafor it is a lie that they are prophesying to you.
Jeremiah 29:8
8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: abDo not let your prophets and acyour diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, ▼▼Hebrew your dreams, which you cause to dream
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