Jeremiah 23:31
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Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.

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Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.

Micah 2:11 Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.

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Jeremiah 23:17 They say to them that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come upon you.

2 Chronicles 18:5,10-12,19-21 So the king of Israel gathered together of the prophets four hundred men, and he said to them: Shall we go to Ramoth Galaad to fight, or shall we forbear? But they said: Go up, and God will deliver into the king's hand. . . .

Context
Lying Prophets
30Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his neighbour. 31Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.32Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:30
Therefore behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who steal my words every one from his neighbour.

Jeremiah 23:32
Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
“Yes,”
הִנְנִ֥י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“I am against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the prophets
הַנְּבִיאִ֖ם (han·nə·ḇî·’im)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

who wag
הַלֹּקְחִ֣ים (hal·lō·qə·ḥîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

their own tongues
לְשׁוֹנָ֔ם (lə·šō·w·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

and proclaim,
וַֽיִּנְאֲמ֖וּ (way·yin·’ă·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5001: To utter a prophecy, speak as a prophet

‘[The Lord] declares [it].’”
נְאֻֽם׃ (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle


Additional Translations
“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The Lord declares it.’”Behold, I am against the prophets, said the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He said.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.

Lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation.
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