For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep witho
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcer
Now while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wi
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The bu
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush hi
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these hous
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God?
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I wil
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the govern
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the L
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send the
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LOR
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persu
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you hav
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you,
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stu
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend,
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These p
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are s
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the
And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets,