Prophets, False

Pretended to be sent by God Jeremiah 23:17,18,31
Not sent or commissioned by God Jeremiah 14:14; 23:21; 29:31
Made use of by God to prove Israel Deuteronomy 13:3
DESCRIBED AS
- Light and treacherous Zephaniah 3:4
- Covetous Micah 3:11
- Crafty Matthew 7:15
- Drunken Isaiah 28:7
- Immoral and profane Jeremiah 23:11,14
Women sometimes acted as Nehemiah 6:14; Revelation 2:20
Called foolish prophets Ezekiel 13:2
Compared to foxes in the desert Ezekiel 13:4
Compared to wind Jeremiah 5:13
Influenced by evil spirits 1 Kings 22:21,22
PROPHESIED
- Falsely Jeremiah 5:31
- Lies in the name of the Lord Jeremiah 14:14
- Out of their own heart Jeremiah 23:16,26; Ezekiel 13:2
- In the name of false gods Jeremiah 2:8
- Peace, when there was no peace Jeremiah 6:14; 23:17; Ezekiel 13:10; Micah 3:5
Often practised divination and witchcraft Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 22:28; Acts 13:6
Often pretended to dreams Jeremiah 23:28,32
Often deceived by God as a judgment Ezekiel 14:9
THE PEOPLE
- Led into error Jeremiah 23:13; Micah 3:5
- Made to forget God's name by Jeremiah 23:27
- Deprived of God's word by Jeremiah 23:30
- Taught profaneness and sin by Jeremiah 23:14,15
- Oppressed and defrauded by Ezekiel 22:25
- Warned not to listen to Deuteronomy 13:3; Jeremiah 23:16; 27:9,15,16
- Encouraged and praised Jeremiah 5:31; Luke 6:26
Mode of trying and detecting Deuteronomy 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1 John 4:1-3
PREDICTED TO ARISE
- Before destruction of Jerusalem Matthew 24:11,24
- In the latter times 2 Peter 2:1
Judgments denounced against Jeremiah 8:1,2; 14:15; 28:16,17; 29:32
Involved the people in their own ruin Isaiah 9:15,16; Jeremiah 20:6; Ezekiel 14:10

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