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For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.
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Test Every Message
Commentators stress that God expects believers to use discernment. We should not blindly accept every teaching presented in God's name. John Calvin points to the Bereans in Acts as a model, urging us to test all doctrines against the whole of Scripture—the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospel—to distinguish truth from error.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Theologian
Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false prophets found him all too ready to listen. He is addressed in the plural because hi…
16th Century
He confirms what he had said: that they had not been sent by God. The object is to show the Jews that they were not to receive thoughtlessly everyt…
17th Century
Pastor
For I have not sent them, says the Lord See (Jeremiah 23:21) ; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to de…
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Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, to…