Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Jeremiah Chapter 1 to 52)

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Jeremiah 23:24 (NLT)
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and the earth?"

says the LORD.
 
Jeremiah 23:25 (NLT)
I have heard these prophets say, 'Listen to the dream I had from God last night.' Then they proceed to tell lies in my name.
 
Jeremiah 23:26 (NLT)
How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.
 
Jeremiah 23:27 (NLT)
By telling these false dreams they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
 
Jeremiah 23:28 (NLT)
"Let these false prophets tell their dreams,
but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word.
There is a difference between straw and grain!
 
Jeremiah 23:29 (NLT)
Does not my word burn like fire?"
says the LORD.
Is it not like a mighty hammer
that smashes a rock to pieces?
 
Jeremiah 23:30 (NLT) - 30 “Therefore,” says the Lord, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.
 
Jeremiah 23:32 (NLT) - 32 I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the Lord have spoken!
 
Jeremiah 23:33 (NLT) - 33 “Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, ‘What prophecy has the Lord burdened you with now?’ You must reply, ‘You are the burden! The Lord says he will abandon you!’
 
Jeremiah 23:34 (NLT) - 34 “If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the Lord,’ I will punish that person along with his entire family.
 
Jeremiah 23:35 (NLT) - 35 You should keep asking each other, ‘What is the Lord's answer?’ or ‘What is the Lord saying?
 
Jeremiah 23:36 (NLT) - 36 But stop using this phrase, ‘prophecy from the Lord.’ For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
 
Jeremiah 23:37 (NLT) - 37 “This is what you should say to the prophets: ‘What is the Lord's answer?’ or ‘What is the Lord saying?’
 
Jeremiah 23:38 (NLT) - 38 But suppose they respond, ‘This is a prophecy from the Lord!’ Then you should say, ‘This is what the Lord says: Because you have used this phrase, “prophecy from the Lord,” even though I warned you not to use it,
 
Jeremiah 23:39 (NLT) - 39 I will forget you completely. I will expel you from my presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your ancestors.
 
Jeremiah 23:40 (NLT) - 40 And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”
 
Jeremiah 24:1 (NLT) - 1 After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the Lord gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem.
 
Jeremiah 24:2 (NLT) - 2 One basket was filled with fresh, ripe figs, while the other was filled with bad figs that were too rotten to eat.
 
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