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14 Then Yahweh said to me, “The (A)prophets are prophesying lies in My name. (B)I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a (C)vision of lies, divination, futility, and the deception of their own hearts. 15 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying, ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—(D)by that sword and famine those prophets shall [a]meet their end!

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  1. Jeremiah 14:15 Lit be finished

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your (A)prophets who are in your midst and your diviners (B)deceive you, and do not listen to (C)your dreams which you dream. For they (D)prophesy a lie to you in My name; (E)I have not sent them,’ declares Yahweh.

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14 Your (A)prophets have beheld for you
Worthless and ineffective visions;
And they have not (B)uncovered your iniquity
So as to [a]return you from captivity,
But they have (C)beheld for you worthless and misleading [b]oracles.

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  1. Lamentations 2:14 Or restore
  2. Lamentations 2:14 Lit burdens

The Rise of False Prophets

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be (B)false teachers (C)among you, who will (D)secretly introduce (E)destructive heresies, even (F)denying the (G)Master who (H)bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

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