“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.”
Jeremiah 23:30 (WEB)
Context Reading
28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh. 29“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor. 31Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’ 32Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.