‘ Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly.‘ These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’

“他们说：‘你们不可说预言；不可向这些人说预言，不住地羞辱我们。’

他们传讲说：“不可传讲；人都不可传讲这些事，羞辱不会临到我们。”

他们传讲说：“不可传讲；人都不可传讲这些事，羞辱不会临到我们。”

他们的先知说：“不要说预言了，不要预言这种事，我们不会蒙受羞辱。”

有人预言说：“你们不要说预言；人不可预言这些事；羞耻不会临到我们。”

他們說：你們不可說預言；不可向這些人說預言，不住地羞辱我們。

他們傳講說：「不可傳講；人都不可傳講這些事，羞辱不會臨到我們。」

他們傳講說：「不可傳講；人都不可傳講這些事，羞辱不會臨到我們。」

他們的先知說：「不要說預言了，不要預言這種事，我們不會蒙受羞辱。」

有人預言說：“你們不要說預言；人不可預言這些事；羞恥不會臨到我們。”

有人發神言說：『不可發神言；人不該發神言論到這些事；羞辱是不會趕上來的。』

彼云、爾曹勿言預言、勿道此事、侮辱之言、永不止息、

宣播訓言、為人禁止、人不許余宣斯言者、以為凌辱其民、

彼謂先知云、勿述預言、先知雖不題此事述預言、凌辱猶不得免、或作彼眾互言先知不當題此事述預言因先知所出凌辱之言永無息止

“ Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.“ Do not prophesy about these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

“ Don’t prophesy,” the people’s prophets say.“ Don’t prophesy about bad things. Nothing shameful is going to happen to us.”

“ Do not preach”— thus they preach—“ one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

“ Don’t say such things,” the people respond.“ Don’t prophesy like that. Such disasters will never come our way!”

“ Quit your preaching,” they preach.“ They should not preach these things; shame will not overtake us.”

‘ Do not prophesy,’ so they prophesy. But if they do not prophesy about these things, Insults will not be turned back.

“ Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.

Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

“ Quit your preaching,” they preach.“ They should not preach these things; shame will not overtake us.”

Prophesy ye not,[ say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them,[ that] they shall not take shame.

“ Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy.“ Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

“ But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets,‘ Do not prophesy!’

They say to the visionaries,“ See no more visions!” and to the seers,“ Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.

Now there was another man who prophesied as the LORD’s representative against this city and this land just as Jeremiah did. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim.When the king and all his bodyguards and officials heard what he was prophesying, the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor,and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

saying,“ We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you.”

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

“ Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say,‘ Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,” says the LORD.

Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”

“ You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

“ Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say,“ Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.

Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the sovereign LORD,“ when I will send a famine through the land– not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from the LORD, but they will not find any.In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted,“ You deserve to die!How dare you claim the LORD’s authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah.

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.