Jeremiah 23:25 ““I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name…”

Jeremiah 23:25

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

World English Bible

“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

American Standard Version

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue heard what the prophets said, that prophecie lies in my Name, saying, I haue dreamed, I haue dreamed.

Darby Translation

I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Young's Literal Translation

I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

Bible in Basic English

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

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Cross references

“heard”

Jeremiah 8:6 1 Corinthians 4:5 Jeremiah 13:27 Jeremiah 16:17 Jeremiah 29:23 Psalm 139:2

Jeremiah 8:6 · BSB

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

1 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from…

Jeremiah 13:27 · BSB

Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

Jeremiah 16:17 · BSB

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

Jeremiah 29:23 · BSB

For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the…

Psalm 139:2 · BSB

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

“dreamed”

Jeremiah 23:32 Jeremiah 23:28 Jeremiah 29:8 Joel 2:28 Numbers 12:6 Genesis 37:5

Jeremiah 23:32 · BSB

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at al…

Jeremiah 23:28 · BSB

Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:8 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

Joel 2:28 · BSB

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Numbers 12:6 · BSB

He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

Genesis 37:5 · BSB

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Also

Jeremiah 14:14

Jeremiah 14:14 · BSB

“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of th…

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

In context

24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

26How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

Read Jeremiah 23