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I have not sent the prophets, 21
Of themselves they run.
I have not spoken to them,
They do the prophesying.
If they had stood in My Council, 22
And heard My Words,
My people they would have been turning(542)
From(543) the wrong of their doings.
I am a God who is near 23
Not a God who is far.(544)
Can any man hide him in secret 24
And I not see him?
Is it not heaven and earth that I fill?--
Rede of the Lord.
I have heard what the prophets say 25
Who preach in My Name,
Falsely saying, "I have dreamed,
I have dreamed, I have dreamed."(545)
Will the heart of the prophets turn,(546) 26
Who prophesy lies?
And in their prophesying ... (?)(547)
The deceit of their heart,
Who plan that My people forget My Name(548) 27
Through the dreams they tell,
Just as their fathers forgot
My Name through Baal.
The prophet with whom is a dream 28
Let him tell his(549) dream;
But he with whom is My Word,
My Word let him speak in truth.
What has the straw with the wheat?(550)
--Rede of the Lord--
My Word, is it not(551) like fire 29
And the hammer that shatters the rock?
30. Therefore, Behold, I am against the prophets--Rede of the
Lord--who steal My Words each from his mate. 31. Behold, I am
against the prophets who fling out their tongues and rede a
Rede.(552) 32. Behold, I am against the prophets of false dreams
who tell them and lead My people astray by their falsehood and
extravagance(553)--not I have sent them or charged them, nor of any
profit whatsoever are they to this people.(554)
We have now all the material available for judgment upon Jeremiah's
life-long controversy with the other prophets. His mess]]>
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