Jeremiah 23:16
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.This verse in the real world
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- הָבַלhâbalto be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray
- חָזוֹןchâzôwna sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle
- נָבָאnâbâʼto prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼa prophet or (generally) inspired man
- צָבָאtsâbâʼa mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); b
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- דָבַרdâbarperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a des
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 14:14, Ezk 13:6, 2Co 11:13–15, Jer 27:9–10, Gal 1:8–9, Ezk 13:3, Mat 7:15, 2Ki 17:15