Jeremias 23:30

30 “Portanto”, declara o SENHOR, “estou contra os profetas que roubam uns dos outros as minhas palavras.

Jeremias 23:30 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the
Lord
The false prophets, with whom the Lord was displeased; he set himself against them, and was determined to bring wrath and ruin on them. So the Targum,

``therefore, behold, I send my fury against the false prophets;''

that steal my word,
or "words" ^F17, everyone from his neighbour;
either from the true prophets; beginning their prophecies as they did, with a "thus saith the Lord"; and mingling some words and phrases used by them, the better to ingratiate themselves among the people, and that they might be taken for the prophets of the Lord; as Pelagius, Austin says, used the word "grace", the better to hide his sentiments, and cause them the more easily to be received by the people: or from the false prophets; they privately meeting, and consulting, and agreeing together what they should say to the people, as if they were the words of the Lord: or else from the people themselves; lessening their esteem for the words of the Lord; making them negligent of them and indifferent to them; and causing them to forget what they had heard and received.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (yrbd) "verba mea", Munster, Pagniuus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Jeremias 23:30 In-Context

28 O profeta que tem um sonho, conte o sonho, e o que tem a minha palavra, fale a minha palavra com fidelidade. Pois o que tem a palha a ver com o trigo?”, pergunta o SENHOR.

29 “Não é a minha palavra como o fogo”, pergunta o SENHOR, “e como um martelo que despedaça a rocha?

30 “Portanto”, declara o SENHOR, “estou contra os profetas que roubam uns dos outros as minhas palavras.

31 Sim”, declara o SENHOR, “estou contra os profetas que com as suas próprias línguas declaram oráculos.

32 Sim, estou contra os que profetizam sonhos falsos”, declara o SENHOR. “Eles os relatam e com as suas mentiras irresponsáveis desviam o meu povo. Eu não os enviei nem os autorizei; e eles não trazem benefício algum a este povo”, declara o SENHOR.