Jeremiah 27:10 “For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your…”

Jeremiah 27:10

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

World English Bible

for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish.

American Standard Version

for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to goe farre from your lande, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.

Darby Translation

For they prophesy falsehood unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

Young's Literal Translation

For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.

Bible in Basic English

For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.

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Cross references

“they”

Jeremiah 27:14 Jeremiah 28:16 Ezekiel 14:9–11

Jeremiah 27:14 · BSB

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.

Jeremiah 28:16 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 14:9–11 · BSB

But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

“to”

Jeremiah 32:31 Lamentations 2:14

Jeremiah 32:31 · BSB

For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence

Lamentations 2:14 · BSB

The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

Also

Jeremiah 23:25

Jeremiah 23:25 · BSB

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

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

In context

9But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

11But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”

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