Jeremiah 23:28

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The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.

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25“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

26How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

27They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.

28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.

29“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.

31Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’

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