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.
This is what the LORD of hosts says: Don't listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
God is warning His people not to listen to false prophets who speak their own ideas instead of God's true message.
📚 Historical Context
Jeremiah was prophesying during the final years of the kingdom of Judah, around 600-586 BC, when Jerusalem was under threat from Babylon. Many false prophets were telling the people what they wanted to hear—that everything would be fine and God would quickly deliver them—rather than Jeremiah's difficult message that they needed to repent and accept God's judgment through Babylon.
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