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28 The prophet who has with him a dream, let him tell the dream. But the prophet[a] who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. What is straw compared to wheat?”[b] declares[c] Yahweh. 29 Is not my word like fire?” declares[d] Yahweh, “and like a blacksmith’s hammer that breaks a rock into pieces?

30 Therefore[e] look, I am against the prophets,” declares[f] Yahweh, “who steal my words each one from his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:28 Here the subject is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Jeremiah 23:28 Literally “What to the straw in comparison with the wheat”
  3. Jeremiah 23:28 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 23:29 Literally “a declaration of”
  5. Jeremiah 23:30 Literally “To thus”
  6. Jeremiah 23:30 Literally “a declaration of”