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Jeremiah 27:15 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 27:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 27 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. a lie: Heb. in a lie, or, lyingly”
Jeremiah 27:15 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 27:15
For I have not sent them, saith the LORD—God emphatically declares these prophets lack divine commission. The Hebrew lo-shalakhti otam (לֹא־שְׁלַחְתִּי אֹתָם, I have not sent them) is emphatic negative—God takes no responsibility for their message. True prophecy requires divine sending (shalakh, שָׁלַח); self-appointed prophets, regardless of sincerity, speak only human imagination. This establishes the crucial test: divine commission and conformity to God's revealed word authenticate true prophecy.Yet they prophesy a lie in my name—The prophets invoke Yahweh's authority (in my name, bishmi, ב...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 27:15
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“to remove you far from your land”
“For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.”
“and I didn't send them”
“as he talked with him”
“Behold”
“and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.”
“yet they ran: I didn't speak to them”
“and false prophets”
“and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe”
“saying”