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"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!"
— Jeremiah 23:29, NET Bible
“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?”
“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?”
Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.
How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal.
Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it!
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!
So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.
I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare,‘The LORD declares….’
I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the LORD, affirm it!”