1 Kings 22:23
23Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”Jeremiah 14:14-15
14And the Lord said to me: “The aprophets are prophesying lies in my name. bI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, cworthless divination, and dthe deceit of their own minds. 15Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although eI did not send them, and who say, f‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: gBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.Jeremiah 23:21
21 h“I did not send the prophets,yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah 27:15
15I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but ithey 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.”Jeremiah 28:11
11And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, j“Thus says the Lord: kEven so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of lall the nations within two years.” But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.Jeremiah 29:23
23because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, mthey have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and nthey have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. oI am the one who knows, pand I am witness, declares the Lord.’”Jeremiah 29:31-32
31“Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning qShemaiah of Nehelam: Because rShemaiah had prophesied to you swhen I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie, 32therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish tShemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, uand he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the Lord, vfor he has spoken rebellion against the Lord.’”Ezekiel 13:2-3
2 w“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those xwho prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ 3Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!Ezekiel 13:22
22 yBecause you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and zyou have encouraged the wicked, that aahe should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
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