29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?” 30 “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.” 31 “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
Jeremiah 23:29–31
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