34If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the Lord ,' I will punish that man and his household.


In Context

31 Yes," declares the Lord , "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The Lord declares.'

32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the Lord . "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the Lord .

33 "When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the Lord ?' say to them, 'What oracle? I will forsake you, declares the Lord .'

34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the Lord ,' I will punish that man and his household.

35 This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the Lord 's answer?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?'

36 But you must not mention 'the oracle of the Lord ' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God.

Jeremiah 23:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:34And [as for] the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man, and upon his house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:34As for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, who shall say, The burden of Yahweh, I will even punish that man and his house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:34And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:34And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.