Jeremías 23:31

31 Yo estoy contra los profetas que sueltan la lengua y hablan por hablar —afirma el SEÑOR—.

Jeremías 23:31 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the Lord
Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and set his face on another occasion; that use their tongues;
at their pleasure, their lips being their own. So the Targum,

``who prophesy according to the will of their own hearts;''

talk in a haughty and insolent manner, speaking bold and daring things of the divine Being; or in a boasting bragging manner, extolling themselves, and speaking highly in their own commendations; or rather in a flattering way to the people: so some read it, by a transposition of a radical letter ^F18, "that smooth their tongues", as Kimchi; or speak smooth things with their tongues, to please the people: and say, he saith;
that is, "the Lord", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions express it; that so they, night be the more easily believed by the people; but this was highly provoking to God, to father their lies and falsehoods upon him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myxqwlh) "hic pro" (Myqylxmh) "qui lenificant linguam suam", Pagninus, Gataker; "sumentes blandam linguan suam", Schmidt.

Jeremías 23:31 In-Context

29 ¿No es acaso mi palabra como fuego, y como martillo que pulveriza la roca? —afirma el SEÑOR—.

30 »Por eso yo estoy contra los profetas que se roban mis palabras entre sí —afirma el SEÑOR—.

31 Yo estoy contra los profetas que sueltan la lengua y hablan por hablar —afirma el SEÑOR—.

32 Yo estoy contra los profetas que cuentan sueños mentirosos, y que al contarlos hacen que mi pueblo se extravíe con sus mentiras y sus presunciones —afirma el SEÑOR—. Yo no los he enviado ni les he dado ninguna orden. Son del todo inútiles para este pueblo —afirma el SEÑOR—.

33 »Y si este pueblo, o algún profeta o sacerdote, te pregunta: “¿Qué mensaje tenemos del SEÑOR?”, tú les responderás: “¿De qué mensaje hablan?” Yo los abandonaré —afirma el SEÑOR—.