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How long?עַד מָתַיIs itהֲיֵשׁin the heartבְּלֵבof the prophetsהַנְּבִאִיםwho prophesyנִבְּאֵיfalsehood,הַשָּׁקֶרand prophetsוּנְבִיאֵיof the deceitתַּרְמִתof their own heart,לִבָּם
Jeremiah 23:26
Study it in the app“How long? Is it in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and prophets of the deceit of their own heart,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:26, word by word
- How longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- in the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- who prophesyנִבְּאֵיnibe
pose as prophet
To speak as God's message what God has not said.
Where else “nibe” appears- falsehoodשָּׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- of the deceitתַּרְמִתtarmit
deceit
Deceit, cunning. In Judges 9:31 it is also read as the name of a place, "Tormah."
Where else “tarmit” appears
The context
25I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’
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27who intend to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot my name for Baal?