Jeremiah 7:8 Cross References - Rotherham

⁸ Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false, words,––To no, profit!

¹⁵ Because ye have said––We have solemnised a covenant with death, And, with hades, have we effected a vision,––The overflowing scourge, when it sweepeth by, shall not reach unto us, For we have made lying, our refuge, And, in falsehood, have we hid ourselves.

¹⁰ Who have said to, the seers, Ye must not, see! To the prophets, Ye must not prophesy to us reproofs! Speak to us smooth things, Prophesy delusions:

¹⁰ Then said I,––Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Surely, thou hast suffered this people and Jerusalem, to be beguiled, saying, Peace, shall ye have,––whereas the sword shall reach, unto the soul.

³¹ The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And, the priests, tread down, by their means, And, my people, love it, so,––What then can ye do, as to her latter end?

⁴ Do not, on your part, trust in false, words, saying,––The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, they are!

¹⁰ Therefore, will I give––Their wives to others, Their fields, to such as shall take possession of them, For, from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet, even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely.

¹³ Then said I, Ah, My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! the prophets, are saying to them––Ye shall not see the sword, And, famine, shall ye not have,––For, prosperity in truth, will I give you, in this place. ¹⁴ So then Yahweh said unto me, Falsehood, are the prophets prophesying in my name, I have not sent them, Neither have I commanded them, Neither have I spoken unto them,––A vision of falsehood, and, A divination of worthlessness, and, A fraud of their own hearts, They, are prophesying unto you.

¹⁴ But, among the prophets of Jerusalem, have I seen a horrible thing,––Committing adultery, And walking in falsehood, And so strengthening the hands of doers of wickedness, not to return any man from his wickedness: They have, all of them, become, to me, as Sodom, And her inhabitants, as Gomorrah. ¹⁵ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Concerning the prophets,––Behold me! Feeding them with wormwood, And I will cause them to drink poisoned water,––For, from the prophets of Jerusalem, hath there gone forth profanity unto all the land. ¹⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are prophesying unto you, They, are filling you, with vain, hopes,––The vision of their own hearts, do they speak, Not from the mouth of Yahweh!

²⁶ How long, shall it be, in the heart of the prophets, [To be] prophets of falsehood,––And prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

³² Behold me! against such as prophesy the dreams of falsehood, Declareth Yahweh, who have related them, and led astray my people, with their falsehoods and with their recklessness,––whereas, I, had not sent them, nor commanded them, so that they could be of no, profit, to this people, Declareth Yahweh.

⁶ They have had, Visions of falsehood, and, Divinations of lies, Who say, Declareth Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not sent them,––Yet have they waited for a fulfilling of the word. ⁷ Is it not, a Vision of falsehood, ye have seen, and, a Divination of lies, ye have spoken, Since ye are saying, Declareth Yahweh! when, I, have not spoken? ⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye have spoken falsehood, And have had visions of lies, Therefore, behold me! against you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ⁹ So then my hand shall be against the prophets, who have Visions of falsehood, and, who divine Divinations of lies––In the council of my people, shall they not be found, And, in the register of the house of Israel, shall they not be written, And, upon the so of Israel, shall they not enter,––So shall ye know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh,
¹⁰ Because, yea, even because, they have led astray my people, saying, Prosperity! when there was no, prosperity,––and, one man, was building a partition wall, when, there they were! eating it with whitewash. ¹¹ Say thou, unto them who are coating with whitewash, It shall fall,––There hath come an overflowing rain, And I will make hail–stones fall, And, a tempestuous wind, shall break it down. ¹² Lo! when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where, is the coating, wherewith ye coated it? ¹³ Therefore, Thus, saith my Lord, Yahweh, So will I break down with a tempestuous wind, in mine indignation,––And, an overflowing rain in mine anger, shall there be, With hailstones, in wrath, to make an end; ¹⁴ And I will pull down the wall which ye have coated with whitewash, And will bring it unto the ground, So shall be discovered, its foundation, Yea it shall fall, And ye shall come to an end in the midst thereof, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh. ¹⁵ Thus will I bring to an end mine indignation against the wall, and against them who were coating it with whitewash, And will say to you, No more, is the wall, And no more, are they who were coating it: ¹⁶ [to wit] the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying unto Jerusalem, and are seeing, on her behalf, visions of prosperity,––when there is no, prosperity, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.