New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeremiah 23
19 Look! The LORD’s anger bursts out like a storm, a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the LORD will not diminish until it has finished all he has planned. In the days to come you will understand all this very clearly.
21 “I have not sent these prophets, yet they run around claiming to speak for me. I have given them no message, yet they go on prophesying.
22 If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds.
23 Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the LORD. “No, I am far away at the same time.
24 Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD.
25 “I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.
26 How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.
27 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.
28 “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!
29 Does not my word burn like fire?” says the LORD. “Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?
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