Jeremiah 23:25

What does Jeremiah 23:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 23:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Context

v.24Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

v.25This passage

v.26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 12:6

    And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.

  • Jeremiah 14:14

    Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

  • Psalms 139:2

    Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

  • Genesis 37:5

    And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

  • Luke 12:3

    Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • Jeremiah 16:17

    For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

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