Jeremiah 27:10
For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
They are prophesying lies to you, and the result will be that I will drive you far from your land, and you will perish.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
for they prophesy{H5012} a lie{H8267} unto you, to remove you far{H7368} from your land,{H127} and that I should drive you out,{H5080} and ye should perish.{H6}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
For they prophesy{H5012}{(H8737)} a lie{H8267} unto you, to remove you far{H7368}{(H8687)} from your land{H127}; and that I should drive you out{H5080}{(H8689)}, and ye should perish{H6}{(H8804)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they preach you lies, to bringe you farre from youre londe, & that I might cast you out, & destroye you.
Geneva Bible (1560)
For they prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to goe farre from your lande, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For they preache you lyes, to bring you farre from your lande, & that I myght cast you out, and destroy you.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Webster's Bible (1833)
for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.
American Standard Version (1901)
for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
American Standard Version (1901)
for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
World English Bible (2000)
for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 32:31 : 31 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
- Lam 2:14 : 14 Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not revealed your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment.
- Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks unto him; 11 That the house of Israel may no longer go astray from me, nor be polluted anymore with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord GOD.
- Jer 23:25 : 25 I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
- Jer 27:14 : 14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.
- Jer 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Jer 27:13-175 verses86%
13 Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.
15 For I have not sent them, says the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD; Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.
17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?
- Jer 27:8-92 verses80%
8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
- Jer 29:8-103 verses79%
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners, who are among you, deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.
10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
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15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
- Jer 29:18-214 verses78%
18 And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will deliver them to be moved to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them.
19 Because they have not heeded my words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you would not hear, says the LORD.
20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
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19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
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32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD.
- Jer 14:14-163 verses77%
14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'
15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
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16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
- Jer 22:26-272 verses76%
26 And I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die.
27 But to the land where they desire to return, there shall they not return.
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11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
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10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
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9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.'
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26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
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9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
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3 For out of the north a nation comes against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they shall move away, they shall depart, both man and beast.
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13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers, and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.
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9 My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people, nor shall they be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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6 Do not prophesy, they say to those who prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they may not take shame.
- Ezek 13:6-72 verses73%
6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, when you say, 'The LORD says it,' although I have not spoken?
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10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
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2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.
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19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?
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23 Therefore you shall see no more vanity nor divine divinations; for I will deliver my people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
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29 While they see vanity to you, while they divine a lie to you, to bring you upon the necks of the slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
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19 And I will drive you from your station, and from your position shall he pull you down.
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38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
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33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
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22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them, says the LORD; then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to push you out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
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2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity.
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2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts, 'Hear the word of the LORD.'
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8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit.
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13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
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7 Nevertheless, hear now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people;