Jeremiah 29:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַל־יַשִּׁ֧יאוּ לָכֶ֛ם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבְּכֶ֖ם וְקֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם מַחְלְמִֽים

Transliteration

For thus ʾāmar YHWH ṣəbāʾôt ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl ʾal-yaššîʾû to-you nəbîʾêḵem which-in-qirbəḵem wə-qōsəmêḵem wə-ʾal-tišməʿû to-ḥălōmōtêḵem which you maḥləmîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - says/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: masculine plural noun - hosts/armies
• *ʾĕlōhê*: construct state, masculine plural - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾal*: negative particle
• *yaššîʾû*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural jussive - let them not deceive
• *nəbîʾêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your prophets
• *qirbəḵem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your midst
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *qōsəmêḵem*: masculine plural participle with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your diviners
• *tišməʿû*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural jussive - you should listen
• *ḥălōmōtêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your dreams
• *maḥləmîm*: hiphil participle, masculine plural - causing to dream/dreaming

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: said/says/declared
• *yaššîʾû*: let them not deceive/mislead/seduce
• *qirbəḵem*: your midst/among you
• *qōsəmêḵem*: your diviners/soothsayers
• *tišməʿû*: you should listen/hearken/obey
• *maḥləmîm*: causing to dream/dreaming

Referenced Verses

• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• Jer 27:14-15 : 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
• Jer 28:15 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
• Jer 14:14 : 14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
• Jer 23:21 : 21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
• Jer 23:27 : 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
• Jer 27:9 : 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
• Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
• Zech 13:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
• Matt 24:4-5 : 4 ¶ And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Take heed that no man deceive you.› 5 ‹For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.›
• Matt 24:24 : 24 ‹For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if› [it were] ‹possible, they shall deceive the very elect.›
• Mark 13:5-6 : 5 ¶ And Jesus answering them began to say, ‹Take heed lest any› [man] ‹deceive you:› 6 ‹For many shall come in my name, saying, I am› [Christ]; ‹and shall deceive many.›
• Mark 13:22-23 : 22 ‹For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if› [it were] ‹possible, even the elect.› 23 ‹But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.›
• Luke 6:26 : 26 ‹Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.›
• Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, ‹Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am› [Christ]; ‹and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.›
• Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• 2 Thess 2:3 : 3 ¶ Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• 2 Pet 2:2-3 : 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 ¶ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• 2 John 1:7-9 : 7 ¶ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.