Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Treasury of Scripture say 1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you... 2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing... 2 Chronicles 18:7-27 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him... 2 Chronicles 24:19-21 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear... 2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Are you made of the king's counsel? forbear... Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so... Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus said the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek your life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD... Jeremiah 26:11,20-23 Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die... Jeremiah 29:27 Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which makes himself a prophet to you? Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death... Amos 2:12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Amos 7:13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. Micah 2:6 Prophesy you not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. Acts 4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly threaten them, that they speak from now on to no man in this name. Acts 5:28 Saying, Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in this name? and, behold... 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men... Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them... speak 1 Kings 22:8-13,27 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD... Jeremiah 6:13,14 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness... Jeremiah 8:10,11 Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them... Jeremiah 23:17,26-29 They say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace... Ezekiel 13:7-10 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it... Ezekiel 13:18-22 And say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes... Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink... John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, you believe me not. Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly... Galatians 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Context A Warning to a Rebellious People
8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12Why thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant. 14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water with out of the pit. 15For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and you would not. 16But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride on the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us.
Darby Bible Translation
who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;
King James Bible
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Young's Literal Translation
Who have said to seers, 'Ye do not see,' And to prophets, 'Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
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