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Text -- Jeremiah 14:11-16 (NET)
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Judgment for Believing the Misleading Lies of the False Prophets
14:11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for good to come to these people !
14:12 Even if they fast , I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings , I will not accept them. Instead , I will kill them through wars , famines , and plagues .”
14:13 Then I said , “Oh , Lord God , look ! The prophets are telling them that you said, ‘You will not experience war or suffer famine . I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land .’”
14:14 Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority ! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions , worthless predictions , and the delusions of their own mind .
14:15 I did not send those prophets , though they claim to be prophesying in my name . They may be saying , ‘No war or famine will happen in this land .’ But I, the Lord , say this about them: ‘War and starvation will kill those prophets .’
14:16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine . Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them . This will happen to the men and their wives , their sons , and their daughters . For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
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NET Notes: Jer 14:12 These were penalties (curses) that were to be imposed on Israel for failure to keep her covenant with God (cf. Lev 26:23-26). These three occur togeth...
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NET Notes: Jer 14:13 Heb “I will give you unfailing peace in this place.” The translation opts for “peace and prosperity” here for the word ש...
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NET Notes: Jer 14:14 The word translated “predictions” here is really the word “divination.” Divination was prohibited in Israel (cf. Deut 18:10, 1...
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NET Notes: Jer 14:15 The rhetoric of the passage is again sustained by an emphatic word order which contrasts what they say will not happen to the land, “war and fam...
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