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Though I am surrounded by troubles, you will protect me from the anger of my enemies. You reach out your hand, and the power of your right hand saves me.

Feb 24

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highlighted Psalms 138:3 NLT

As soon as I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength.

Feb 24

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highlighted Psalms 138:1 NLT

I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.

Feb 24

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highlighted Psalms 138:2 NLT

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.

Feb 24

But suppose they respond, ‘This is a prophecy from the LORD!’ Then you should say, ‘This is what the LORD says: Because you have used this phrase, “prophecy from the LORD,” even though I warned you not to use it, I will forget you completely. I will expel you from my presence, along with this city that I gave to you and your ancestors. And I will make you an object of ridicule, and your name will be infamous throughout the ages.’”

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:37 NLT

“This is what you should say to the prophets: ‘What is the LORD’s answer?’ or ‘What is the LORD saying?’

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:36 NLT

But stop using this phrase, ‘prophecy from the LORD.’ For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:34 NLT

“If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the LORD,’ I will punish that person along with his entire family.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:32 NLT

I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:29 NLT

Does not my word burn like fire?” says the LORD. “Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:28 NLT

“Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between straw and grain!

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:26-27 NLT

How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:25 NLT

“I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:23-24 NLT

Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the LORD. “No, I am far away at the same time. Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:22 NLT

If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:21 NLT

“I have not sent these prophets, yet they run around claiming to speak for me. I have given them no message, yet they go on prophesying.

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:18 NLT

“Have any of these prophets been in the LORD’s presence to hear what he is really saying? Has even one of them cared enough to listen?

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:16 NLT

This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to his people: “Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the LORD!

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:15 NLT

Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophets that wickedness has filled this land.”

Feb 24

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highlighted Jeremiah 23:14 NLT

But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery and love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil so that no one turns away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

Feb 24

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