Jeremiah 23:26 “How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophe…”

Jeremiah 23:26

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

World English Bible

How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

American Standard Version

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe long? Doe the prophets delite to prophecie lies, euen prophecying the deceit of their owne heart?

Darby Translation

How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Young's Literal Translation

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

Bible in Basic English

Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

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Cross references

“How”

Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 13:27 Psalm 4:2 Hosea 8:5 Acts 13:10

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

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?”

Psalm 4:2 · BSB

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah

Hosea 8:5 · BSB

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Acts 13:10 · BSB

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

“prophets of”

Jeremiah 14:14 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 2 Timothy 4:3 2 Peter 2:13–16 Jeremiah 17:9 Isaiah 30:10

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…

2 Thessalonians 2:9–11 · BSB

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

2 Timothy 4:3 · BSB

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

2 Peter 2:13–16 · BSB

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Isaiah 30:10 · BSB

They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.

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

In context

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

27They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.

Read Jeremiah 23