Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ainsi parle l'Eternel des armées: N'écoutez pas les paroles des prophètes qui vous prophétisent! Ils vous entraînent à des choses de néant; Ils disent les visions de leur coeur, Et non ce qui vient de la bouche de l'Eternel.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Origen
Fragmenta In Jeremiam (In Catenis)
ρωδὰχ μετέστη πρὸς ἄνεσιν, ὁμοδίαιτος γενόμενος τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ οὕτως ἐν ἀλλοτρίᾳ καταλύσας τὸν βίον. Jerem. 23, 16. Ἀπαγορεύει οὐ προφήτην ἁπλῶς ἀκούειν, ἀλλὰ λόγους προφητῶν ἐν μιμήσει προφερομένους. ὁ γὰρ ἀκούων προφήτου οἷον Μωσέως, οὐκ αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ κυρίου ἀκούει διὰ τούτου λαλο…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
tentur ad Dominum. In [Col. 1296C] diebus illis salvabitur Juda, et Israel habitabit confidenter (Jerem. XXIII, 16) . Impletis autem centum duodecim [ Ms. Reg., duodecim, om. centum] regni ejus annis veniet Hierusalem et ibi, ut dictum est, deposito diademate relinquet Deo Pat…
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