23:34-36
Claiming a message is from the Lord is not something to be done lightly, for if someone is making it up then God will punish that person, along with his household. The people were still using language that sounded devout enough, talking about messages from the Lord. God calls a halt to this nonsense. Today spokespeople for the sin-affirming churches will often use Biblical language, but in reality they are spouting the most unbiblical rubbish, and rubbish that is offensive to God and harmful to people.
23:37,38
The false prophets were forever asking of Jeremiah “What has the Lord spoken?”, though quite why they did this is something of a mystery, for they never paid any attention to his words. They claimed their own “prophecies” were messages from the Lord, when they were not. They did this even after God, through Jeremiah, had told them not to. The stubbornness of a sinful heart knows no limits.
23:39,40
The false prophets had forgotten God, therefore He would forget them. Likewise, Jesus said if we deny Him, then He will deny us. The false prophets would be cast out of God’s presence, along with Jerusalem. Everlasting shame would be their destiny.
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