Jeremiah 23:17 “They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will…”

Jeremiah 23:17

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

World English Bible

They say continually to those who despise me, ‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’

American Standard Version

They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

Geneva Bible 1599

They say still vnto them that despise mee, The Lord hath sayde, Ye shall haue peace: and they say vnto euery one that walketh after the stubbernesse of his owne heart, No euill shall come vpon you.

Darby Translation

They say constantly unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace. And they say unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Young's Literal Translation

Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And [to] every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

Bible in Basic English

They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.

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Cross references

“that despise”

Numbers 11:20 1 Samuel 2:30 2 Samuel 12:10 Luke 10:16 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Malachi 1:6

Numbers 11:20 · BSB

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

1 Samuel 2:30 · BSB

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who hono…

2 Samuel 12:10 · BSB

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

Luke 10:16 · BSB

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

1 Thessalonians 4:8 · BSB

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

Malachi 1:6 · BSB

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How…

“Ye”

Micah 3:11 Jeremiah 8:11 Micah 3:5 Jeremiah 6:14 Ezekiel 13:10 Zechariah 10:2

Micah 3:11 · BSB

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

Jeremiah 8:11 · BSB

They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Micah 3:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Jeremiah 6:14 · BSB

They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Ezekiel 13:10 · BSB

Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

Zechariah 10:2 · BSB

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

“imagination”

Jeremiah 13:10 Jeremiah 9:14 Deuteronomy 29:19 Jeremiah 3:17 Jeremiah 7:24

Jeremiah 13:10 · BSB

These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

Jeremiah 9:14 · BSB

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

Deuteronomy 29:19 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

Jeremiah 3:17 · BSB

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Jeremiah 7:24 · BSB

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

“No”

Amos 9:10 Jeremiah 18:18 Zephaniah 1:12

Amos 9:10 · BSB

All the sinners among My people will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

Jeremiah 18:18 · BSB

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his word…

Zephaniah 1:12 · BSB

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

Also

Jeremiah 5:12

Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB

They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

Read Jeremiah 23