17 They continually say to those who despise Me,
‘The Lord has said, (A)“You shall have peace” ’;
And to everyone who (B)walks according to the [a]dictates of his own heart, they say,
(C)‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 23:17 stubbornness or imagination

17 They keep saying(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm(D) will come to you.’

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17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

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17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, (A)‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who (B)stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, (C)‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

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10 “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, (A)‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they (B)plaster[a] it with untempered mortar

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  1. Ezekiel 13:10 Or whitewash

10 “‘Because they lead my people astray,(A) saying, “Peace,”(B) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,(C)

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10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

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10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (A)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (B)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15

16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who (A)see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.

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16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)”’

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16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God.

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16 the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem (A)and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord God.

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