Jérémie 14:14

14 Et l'Éternel me dit: C'est le mensonge, que ces prophètes prophétisent en mon nom. Je ne les ai point envoyés, je ne leur ai point donné de charge, et je ne leur ai point parlé. Ce sont des visions de mensonge, de vaines prédictions, des tromperies de leur cœur, qu'ils vous prophétisent.

Jérémie 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:14

Then said the Lord unto me
In reply to the above excuse, in favour of the people: the prophets prophesy lies in my name;
it is a wicked thing to tell lies; it is more so to foretell them, and that in the name of the Lord; pretending they have his authority, and are under the influence and guidance of his Spirit; and it was sinful in the people to give credit to them, and the more so in that they were forewarned of these prophets and their lies, and had the reverse told them by a true prophet of the Lord, and therefore were inexcusable. I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto
them;
all which are requisite to a prophet, or to a man's prophesying in the name of the Lord; he ought to have his mission from him, and his commission from him; his orders and credentials from him, and the things themselves which he delivers; neither of which those prophets had; nor were they able to make out those things to the people, of which they should have had satisfaction before they believed them, and therefore were highly to blame in giving heed unto them. They prophecy unto you a false vision;
or, "a vision of falsehood" ^F13; pretending they had a vision from the Lord, when they had none: and divination;
soothsaying or astrology, as some interpret it, as Kimchi observes; foretelling things by the stars: and a thing of nought;
which is good for nothing, and comes to nothing: and the deceit of their hearts;
which flows from their deceitful hearts and vain imaginations, and by no means to be depended upon.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (rqv Nwzx) "visionem mendacii", Schmidt; "visionem falsitatis", Montanus.

Jérémie 14:14 In-Context

12 S'ils jeûnent, je n'écouterai point leur cri, et s'ils offrent des holocaustes et des oblations, je ne les agréerai point; car je vais les consumer par l'épée, par la famine et par la peste.

13 Et je dis: Ah! Seigneur Éternel! voici, les prophètes leur disent: Vous ne verrez point d'épée, et vous n'aurez point de famine; mais je vous donnerai dans ce lieu-ci une paix assurée!

14 Et l'Éternel me dit: C'est le mensonge, que ces prophètes prophétisent en mon nom. Je ne les ai point envoyés, je ne leur ai point donné de charge, et je ne leur ai point parlé. Ce sont des visions de mensonge, de vaines prédictions, des tromperies de leur cœur, qu'ils vous prophétisent.

15 C'est pourquoi ainsi a dit l'Éternel, touchant ces prophètes qui prophétisent en mon nom sans que je les aie envoyés, et qui disent: "Il n'y aura ni épée, ni famine dans ce pays", ces prophètes eux-mêmes périront par l'épée et par la famine.

16 Et ce peuple auquel ils prophétisent, sera jeté par la famine et l'épée dans les rues de Jérusalem, sans que personne les ensevelisse, tant eux que leurs femmes, leurs fils et leurs filles, et je répandrai sur eux leur méchanceté.