Jeremías 23:17

17 Siguen diciendo a los que desprecian mi palabra:
“¡No se preocupen! ¡El Señor
dice que ustedes tendrán paz!”.
Y a los que obstinadamente siguen sus propios deseos,
los profetas les dicen: “¡No les sucederá nada malo!”.

Jeremías 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:17

They say still unto them that despise me
That despised the word, worship, and ordinances of the Lord; with such mockers and scoffers at religion, such abandoned creatures, they associated themselves; finding that their prophecies and doctrines met with approbation and success among them. The Septuagint version is, "they say to them that put away the word of the Lord"; reject it, and cast it behind their backs; see ( Acts 13:46 ) ; the Lord hath said, ye shall have peace;
all manner of prosperity; that they should dwell in their own land, and not go into captivity, and enjoy the good things of it in peace and prosperity; this they pretended they had from the Lord; which was an aggravation of their sins; not only to tell a lie, but to tell it in the name of the Lord, and in direct opposition to what the true prophets said from the mouth of the Lord, particularly Jeremiah: and they say unto everyone that walketh after the imagination of his
own heart;
which is evil, and that continually, ( Genesis 6:5 ) ; whose course of life is after the lusts of his own wicked heart; and a worse guide than these a man cannot well have: and this is a true character and description of an unregenerate man, who walks after the flesh, and not after the Spirit; after his own carnal heart, and the dictates of it; and not according to the will and word of God: and yet to such, to whom the Lord says, "there is no peace", the false prophets said, no evil shall come upon you;
no evil of punishment for the evil of sin, as the prophets of the Lord had threatened; such as the sword, famine, pestilence, and captivity.

Jeremías 23:17 In-Context

15 Por lo tanto, esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales acerca de los profetas:
«Los alimentaré con amargura
y les daré veneno para beber.
Pues es debido a los profetas de Jerusalén
que se ha llenado esta tierra de maldad».

16 Esto dice el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales a su pueblo:
«No escuchen a estos profetas cuando ellos les profeticen,
llenándolos de esperanzas vanas.
Todo lo que dicen son puros inventos.
¡No hablan de parte del Señor
!

17 Siguen diciendo a los que desprecian mi palabra:
“¡No se preocupen! ¡El Señor
dice que ustedes tendrán paz!”.
Y a los que obstinadamente siguen sus propios deseos,
los profetas les dicen: “¡No les sucederá nada malo!”.

18 »¿Ha estado alguno de estos profetas en la presencia del Señor
para escuchar lo que en realidad dice?
¿Acaso alguno de ellos se ha interesado lo suficiente como para escuchar?

19 ¡Miren! El enojo de Dios estalla como una tormenta,
como un torbellino que se arremolina sobre las cabezas de los perversos.