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Nave's—Prophets

Prophets, False


Pretended to be sent by God—Jer 23:17,18,31

Not sent or commissioned by God—Jer 14:14; 23:21; 29:31

Made use of by God to prove Israel—De 13:3

DESCRIBED AS

Women sometimes acted as—Ne 6:14; Re 2:20

Called foolish prophets—Eze 13:2

Compared to foxes in the desert—Eze 13:4

Compared to wind—Jer 5:13

Influenced by evil spirits—1Ki 22:21,22

PROPHESIED

Often practised divination and witchcraft—Jer 14:14; Eze 22:28; Ac 13:6

Often pretended to dreams—Jer 23:28,32

Often deceived by God as a judgment—Eze 14:9

THE PEOPLE

Mode of trying and detecting—De 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1Jo 4:1-3

PREDICTED TO ARISE

Judgments denounced against—Jer 8:1,2; 14:15; 28:16,17; 29:32

Involved the people in their own ruin—Isa 9:15,16; Jer 20:6; Eze 14:10