Deu 18:22, 2Ki 20:1, 6, Jer 18:7-10, Jon 3:10 | ESV | STEP | when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord , if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken ; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously . You need not be afraid of him.

a[ch. 13:1-3; Jer. 28:9]

b[See ver. 20 above]

cFor ver. 1-11, see Isa. 38:1-22

d 2 Chr. 32:24

i ch. 26:3, 13, 19; Judg. 2:18; Jonah 3:10

j[See ver. 7 above]

k[Jer. 18:8]

l[Jer. 18:8]

Deuteronomy 18:22

22 ^awhen a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; ^bthe prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

1 ^cIn those days ^dHezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ^e‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’”

2 Kings 20:6

6 and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, ^fand I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.”

Jeremiah 18:7-10

7 If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will ^gpluck up and break down and destroy it, 8 and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, ^hturns from its evil, ⁱI will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. 9 And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will ^jbuild and plant it, 10 and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it.

Jonah 3:10

10 When God saw what they did, ^khow they turned from their evil way, ^lGod relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.