THEOSISJeremiah 27:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they tell you a lie.
וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֗ים הָאֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 14:14And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart.
- Jer 23:21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
- 2 Cor 11:13For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- 2 Cor 11:15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be according to their works.
- Jer 29:8For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:
- Jer 29:9For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
- Ezek 13:6They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have persisted to confirm what they have said.
- Ezek 13:15And I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that daub it without tempering the mortar, and I will say to you: The wall is no more, and they that daub it are no more.