 | Church missionary society - 636 lehte
...heartlessness and utter selfishness which characterize the priests of false religions — prophets that " speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord;" of whom it may with truth be said, "Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 lehte
...profaneness gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you; They make you vain:...their own heart, And not out of the mouth of the Lord. 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; And they say... | |
 | Leo Strauss - 1983 - 269 lehte
...believed. According to the Bible, the false prophets simply lied in saying that they were sent by God: "they speak a vision of their own heart , and not out of the mouth of the Lord. They say. . . the Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace. " (Jer . 23 : 16-17) The false prophets tell the people... | |
 | Dmitri Royster - 1992 - 132 lehte
..."Christian" teachers make the Lord over according to their own ideas or according to the tastes of the time. "They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord," like the false prophets of old (Jer 23:16). A false prophet is one who deceives the people about what... | |
 | Austin L. Sorenson - 1994 - 268 lehte
...them, yet they prophesied" (Jer. 23:21). These unsent prophets have no message from God to deliver but "speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord" (Jer. 23:16). Pastors should forget about pleasing their congregations. If God called, don't spend... | |
 | Susan Orr - 1995 - 268 lehte
...believed. According to the Bible, the false prophets simply lied in saying that they were sent by God: "they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. They say . . . the Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace." (Jer. 23:16-17) The false prophets tell the people... | |
 | E. W. Sprague - 1996 - 404 lehte
...and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah." Piophets Speak Vision Out of Own Hearts. Verse 16 says : "They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord." Verse 25 : The Lord says : "I have heard what the prophets said that prophesy lies in my name," etc.... | |
 | Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett - 1998 - 1828 lehte
...profaneness gone forth into all the land. 1 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the oll 17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 2008 - 516 lehte
...obey them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, hearken not unto the words of the prophets, that prophesy to you. They make you vain, they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. All prophecy but of the sovereign prophet, is to be examined by every subject. Seeing then there was... | |
 | Leo Strauss - 1997 - 528 lehte
...believed. According to the Bible, the false prophets simply lied in saying that they were sent by God: "they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. They say . . . the Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace." (Jer. 23:16-17) The false prophets tell the people... | |
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. 
