Jeremiah 8:11
Hebrew Bible
9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the Lord’s message, what wisdom do they really have? 10 So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike all practice deceit. 11 They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right. 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush. So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord. 13 I will sweep away their harvests31, says the Lord. There will be no grapes on their vines. There will be no figs on their fig trees. Even the leaves on their trees will wither. The crops that I gave them will be taken away.’”
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Ezekiel 13:10
Hebrew Bible
8 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the Sovereign Lord. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord. 10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash. 11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out. 12 When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The final divine motive statement in the chapter, Jeremiah 6:20–21, addresses the purely ritualistic worship with which the people sought to maintain their relationship with YHWH. Again there are parallels with Micah 6, where in the midst of YHWH’s dispute with the people, the prophet entertains the possibility that the people might seek to appease YHWH with a multitude of sacrifices (Micah 6:6– 7). Jeremiah also deals with Israel’s lack of wholehearted devotion and merely ritualistic performance in Jeremiah 3:10 and 14:12. I will explore this theme further when we consider potential motivations that YHWH explicitly rejects. As this review of Jeremiah 6 comes to an end, there are three quotations which feature prominently in the chapter that should be highlighted. The first is the false prophets assurance of “peace, peace” in 6:14. The second and third are statements from the people. In 6:16 the people express their refusal to walk “in the good path,” while in 6:17 the people assert their refusal to attend to the watchmen’s warnings. The report of false prophecies of peace is widespread. In addition to 6:14, we see it again in 8:11; 14:13; 23:17; and 28:1–11. Outside of Jeremiah it is reported in Micah 3:5, 11 and Ezekiel 13:10. These false prophecies served to strengthen the people’s resolve to refuse the possibility that YHWH might actually carry out his judgment. These sentiments are found in Jeremiah 5:12, 13; and 14:15 ..."
Thigpen, Michael
Divine Motive in the Hebrew Bible: A Comprehensive Survey and Analysis
(pp. 163-164) Gorgias Press, 2015
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