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16 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“You must not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.
    They are deluding you with visions of their mind,[a]
    They do not speak from the mouth of Yahweh.
17 They are[b] continually saying to those who disregard the word of Yahweh,
    ‘Peace it will be to you,’
and to each one[c] who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say,
    ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’
18 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh,
    that he has seen and heard his word?
Who has listened attentively to his word
    and heard it?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:16 Literally “heart”
  2. Jeremiah 23:17 Here the subject and verb are supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Jeremiah 23:17 Literally “all”
  4. Jeremiah 23:18 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation