Jeremiah 23 · Verse 30

Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Jeremiah 23:30, King James Version

Jeremiah 23:30 in other translations

BSB“Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
WEB“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
ASVTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
YLTTherefore, lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.
DARBYTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
BBEFor this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.
WebsterTherefore behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

What does Jeremiah 23:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. steal my words--a twofold plagiarism; one steals from the other, and all steal words from Jehovah's true prophets, but misapply them (see Jr 28:2; Joh 10:1; Re 22:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 I am against the prophets - Three cases are mentioned here which excited God's disapprobation: 1. The prophets who stole the word from their neighbor; who associated with the true prophets, got some intelligence from them, and then went and published it as a revelation which themselves had received, Jer 23:30. 2. The prophets who used their tongues; הלקחים לשונם hallokechim leshonam, who lick or smooth with their tongues - gave their own counsels as Divine revelations, flattering them in their sins, and promising peace, when God had not spoken; and prefaced them, "Thus saith the Lord," Jer 23:31. 3. The prophets who made up false stories, which they termed prophecies, revealed to them in dreams; and thus caused the people to err, Jer 23:32.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-32

Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled…

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Jeremiah 23:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֛ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005
עַל\־'al-[am] onH5921
הַנְּבִאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מְגַנְּבֵ֣יme.ga.ne.Vei[who] stealH1589
דְבָרַ֔יde.va.Rai<of> words myH1697
אִ֖ישׁ'isheachH376
מֵאֵ֥תme.'Etfrom withH854
רֵעֵֽהוּ\׃re.'E.huneighbor hisH7453

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 23:30

  • Deuteronomy 18:20

    But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

  • Ezekiel 13:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 14:14-15

    Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

  • Psalms 34:16

    The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Ezekiel 13:20

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

  • 1 Peter 3:12

    For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

  • Ezekiel 15:7

    And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

  • Jeremiah 44:11

    Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Leviticus 20:3

    And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Jeremiah 44:29

    And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:14,15; 44:11,29; Le 20:3; 26:17; De 18:20; 29:20; Ps 34:16
Eze 13:8,20; 15:7; 1Pe 3:12

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Context

  • Jeremiah 23:29

    Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

  • Jeremiah 23:30

    Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

  • Jeremiah 23:31

    Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

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Jeremiah 23:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, he aquí yo contra los profetas, dice Jehová, que hurtan mis palabras cada uno de su más cercano.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi, voici, dit l’ Éternel, j’en veux aux prophètes qui volent mes paroles chacun à son prochain.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum siehe, ich will an die Propheten, spricht Jehova, die einer vom anderen meine Worte stehlen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propterea ecce ego ad prophetas, ait Dominus, qui furantur verba mea unusquisque a proximo suo.