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The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 23, Verse 30

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[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
King James Version
Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
American Standard Version
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
New English Translation
So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.
World English Bible
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
31
Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
32
Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
33
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
34
And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
35
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
36
And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
37
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
38
But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
39
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, [and cast you] out of my presence:
40
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.