bSee 1 Sam. 9:9
asSee 1 Cor. 1:18
Isaiah 30:10-11
10 awho say to bthe seers, “Do not see,”and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us csmooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 23:14-16
14But in the prophets of JerusalemI have seen a horrible thing:
dthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
ethey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
fall of them have become like Sodom to me,
gand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
h“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
iand give them jpoisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, kfilling you with vain hopes. lThey speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:21-32
21 m“I did not send the prophets,yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
22 nBut if they had stood in my council,
then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
oand they would have turned them from their evil way,
and pfrom the evil of their deeds.
23 q“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? 24 rCan a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. sDo I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. 25I have heard what the prophets have said twho prophesy lies in my name, saying, u‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26How long shall there be lies in the heart of vthe prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27who think to make my people forget my name wby their dreams that they tell one another, even as their xfathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 yLet the prophet who has a dream ztell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. aaWhat has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 abIs not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and aclike a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 adTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. 31Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’ 32Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and aelead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when afI did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 27:15
15I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but agthey 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 28:15
15And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, ahthe Lord has not sent you, aiand you have made this people trust in a lie.Jeremiah 29:8-9
8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ajDo not let your prophets and akyour 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
9for amit is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; anI did not send them, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 29:31
31“Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning aoShemaiah of Nehelam: Because apShemaiah had prophesied to you aqwhen I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie,2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan arwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for asthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore atGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe auwhat is false,
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