How were the people to know the false prophets from the true? The former bring a message that fills with vain hopes, or speak a vision out…

They make you vain. That is, they make fools of you and deceive you. As the next verse shows, they filled the people with…

They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

That is another of the marks of a false prophet. Such…

What is said here must have appeared very severe and must have grievously offended the people, for Jeremiah forbade them to hear the teaching of th…

Thus says the Lord of hosts, do not listen to the words of
the prophets that prophesy to you
Do not hear them; st…

The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…

1. Here, the prophet speaks of the various methods of deception.

First, he exposes them. Second, he addresses them summarily with the …