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

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.