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Jeremiah 23:17

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They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

They say {H559} still {H559} unto them that despise {H5006} me, The LORD {H3068} hath said {H1696}, Ye shall have peace {H7965}; and they say {H559} unto every one that walketh {H1980} after the imagination {H8307} of his own heart {H3820}, No evil {H7451} shall come {H935} upon you.

They keep reassuring those who despise me, 'ADONAI says you will be safe and secure,' and saying to all living by their own stubborn hearts, 'Nothing bad will happen to you.'

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

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Cross-References

  • Micah 3:11 (9 votes)

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

  • Jeremiah 13:10 (6 votes)

    This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

  • Amos 9:10 (5 votes)

    All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 (4 votes)

    And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

  • Jeremiah 9:14 (4 votes)

    But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

  • Micah 3:5 (4 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

  • Jeremiah 5:12 (4 votes)

    They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: