- 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
- Light and treacherous Zep 3:4
- Covetous Mic 3:11
- Crafty Mt 7:15
- Drunken Isa 28:7
- Immoral and profane Jer 23:11,14
- 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
- Falsely Jer 5:31
- Lies in the name of the Lord Jer 14:14
- Out of their own heart Jer 23:16,26; Eze 13:2
- In the name of false gods Jer 2:8
- Peace, when there was no peace Jer 6:14; 23:17; Eze 13:10; Mic 3:5
- 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
- Led into error Jer 23:13; Mic 3:5
- Made to forget God's name by Jer 23:27
- Deprived of God's word by Jer 23:30
- Taught profaneness and sin by Jer 23:14,15
- Oppressed and defrauded by Eze 22:25
- Warned not to listen to De 13:3; Jer 23:16; 27:9,15,16
- Encouraged and praised Jer 5:31; Lu 6:26
- Mode of trying and detecting De 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1Jo 4:1-3
- PREDICTED TO ARISE
- Before destruction of Jerusalem Mt 24:11,24
- In the latter times 2Pe 2:1
- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Prophets, False
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.