Catholic Public Domain Version
"Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock? "
— Jeremiah 23:29, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”
“Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? ”
“Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”
“My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the LORD, so affirm it!”
“Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord: and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”
“Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?”
“Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”
How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who predict what is false, and who prophesy deceptions from their own heart?
They want to cause my people to forget my name, by means of their dreams, which each of them describes to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for the sake of Baal.
The prophet who has had a dream, let him describe the dream. And he who receives my word, let him speak my word in truth. For what has the chaff to do with the wheat, says the Lord?
Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?
Therefore, behold: I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal my words, each one from his neighbor.
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: ‘The Lord says it.’
Behold, I am against the prophets, who dream what is false, says the Lord; who explain and so seduce my people with their falsehoods and with their miracles, though I did not send them, nor did I command them. They have offered nothing beneficial to this people, says the Lord.