Catholic Public Domain Version
"Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: ‘The Lord says it.’ "
— Jeremiah 23:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.”
“Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. ”
“Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.”
“I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare,‘The LORD declares….’”
“Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.”
“See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.”
“Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.”
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.
Therefore, if this people, or a prophet, or a priest questions you, saying, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you shall say to them, ‘You are the burden. And certainly I will cast you away, says the Lord.’
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord!’ I will visit upon that man and upon his house.