Against False Prophets
Jeremiah 23:25–32
ca. 1200–332 BCE
25I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsely in My name: “I had a dream, I had a dream.” 26How long will there be in the minds of the prophets who prophesy falsehood—the prophets of their own deceitful minds—27the plan to make My people forget My name, by means of the dreams which they tell each other, just as their fathers forgot My…
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ca. 7th–6th Centuries BCE
Jeremiah engaged in debates with royal officials and with other prophets in Jerusalem, urged submission to Babylonia, and was repeatedly imprisoned as a traitor.
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The classical prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible include many poetic or highly rhetorical prophecies addressed to the public at large.
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ca. 1200–332 BCE
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