Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you; they are filling you with vapor; a vision of their own heart they speak, not from the mouth of YHWH.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹת“Do notאַלlistenתִּשְׁמְעוּto the wordsעַל דִּבְרֵיof the prophetsהַנְּבִאִיםwho prophesyהַנִּבְּאִיםto you;לָכֶםtheyהֵמָּהare filling you with vapor;מַהְבִּלִים אֶתְכֶםa visionחֲזוֹןof their own heartלִבָּםthey speak,יְדַבֵּרוּnotלֹאfrom the mouthמִפִּיof YHWH.יְהוָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearsprophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibim” appearsbecome vain
To become vain, to become empty; it comes from the word "vapor, breath." Said of one who puts his trust in what is nothing and ends up like it (2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 2:5), and also of speaking or hoping in vain (Job 27:12; Psalm 62:10).
Where else “mahbilim” appearsvision
Vision: what God makes a prophet see or understand; by extension, his message.
Where else “chazon” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaberu” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears15Therefore, thus says YHWH Tsevaot concerning the prophets: Look, I am feeding them wormwood, and I will give them to drink water of poison; for from the prophets of Jerusalem godlessness has gone out into all the land.”
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17They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘YHWH has spoken: You will have peace’; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they have said, ‘No evil will come upon you.’
