Jeremiah 23:28-40
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28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
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29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
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31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
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32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
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33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
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34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
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35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
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36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
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37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
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38 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
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39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
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40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.