Jeremiah 23:7 - Prayer Tents

Jeremiah 23

The Righteous Branch

23"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.H1945H7462H6H6327H6629H4830H5002H30682Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: "Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done," declares the LORD.H559H3068H430H3478H7462H7462H5971H6327H6629H5080H6485H6485H7455H4611H5002H30683"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number.H6908H7611H6629H776H5080H7725H5116H6509H72354I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD.H6965H7462H7462H3372H2865H6485H5002H30685"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.H3117H935H5002H3068H6965H1732H6662H6780H4428H4427H7919H6213H4941H6666H7766In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.H3117H3063H3467H3478H7931H983H8034H7121H30727"So then, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,'H3117H935H5002H3068H559H3068H2416H5927H1121H3478H776H47148but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.' Then they will live in their own land."H3068H2416H5927H935H2233H1004H3478H6828H776H776H5080H3427H127

Lying Prophets

9Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD and his holy words.H3820H7130H7665H5030H6106H7363H7910H376H1397H3196H5674H6440H3068H1697H694410The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the desert are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.H776H4390H5003H6440H423H776H56H4999H4057H3001H4794H7451H136911"Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness," declares the LORD.H5030H3548H2610H1004H4672H7451H5002H306812"Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished," declares the LORD.H1870H2519H653H1760H5307H935H7451H8141H6486H5002H306813"Among the prophets of Samaria I saw this repulsive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.H7200H8604H5030H8111H5012H1168H5971H3478H858214And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah."H7200H5030H3389H8186H5003H1980H8267H2388H3027H7489H376H7725H7451H5467H3427H601715Therefore, this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: "I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land."H559H3068H6635H5030H398H3939H8248H4325H7219H5030H3389H2613H3318H77616This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.H559H3068H6635H8085H1697H5030H5012H1891H1696H2377H3820H6310H306817They keep saying to those who despise me, 'The LORD says: You will have peace.' And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, 'No harm will come to you.'H559H559H5006H3068H1696H7965H559H1980H8307H3820H7451H93518But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?H5975H5475H3068H7200H8085H1697H7181H1697H808519See, the storm of the LORD will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.H5591H3068H3318H2534H2342H5591H2342H7218H756320The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.H639H3068H7725H6213H6965H4209H3820H319H3117H995H99821I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.H7971H5030H7323H1696H501222But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.H5975H5475H5971H8085H1697H7725H7451H1870H7455H461123"Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?H430H7138H5002H3068H430H735024Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD.H376H5641H4565H7200H5002H3068H4392H8064H776H5002H306825"I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'H8085H5030H559H5012H8267H8034H559H2492H249226How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?H3426H3820H5030H5012H8267H5030H8649H382027They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their fathers forgot my name through Baal worship.H2803H5971H7911H8034H2472H5608H376H7453H1H7911H8034H116828Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.H5030H2472H5608H2472H1697H1696H1697H571H8401H1250H5002H306829"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?H1697H3541H784H5002H3068H6360H6327H5553H632730"Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.H5030H5002H3068H1589H1697H376H745331Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.'H5030H5002H3068H3947H3956H5001H500232Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD.H5012H8267H2472H5002H3068H5608H5971H8582H8267H6350H7971H6680H3276H5971H3276H5002H3068

False Prophecy

33"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, 'What oracle? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.'H5971H5030H3548H7592H559H4853H3068H559H4853H5203H5002H306834If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.H5030H3548H5971H559H4853H3068H6485H376H100435This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the LORD'S answer?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'H559H376H7453H376H251H3068H6030H3068H169636But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.H4853H3068H2142H376H1697H4853H2015H1697H2416H430H3068H6635H43037This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the LORD'S answer to you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'H559H5030H3068H6030H3068H169638Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' this is what the LORD says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD.'H518H559H4853H3068H559H3068H559H1697H4853H3068H7971H559H559H4853H306839Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your fathers.H5377H5382H5203H5892H5414H1H644040I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."H5414H5769H2781H5769H3640H7911