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But what will you do in the end? <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes? <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end? <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it this way! But what will you do when the end comes? <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The prophets prophesy with lying, And the priests have dominion by their own hand; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? <a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes? <a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it? <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you--my own people--like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help? <a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?" <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?" <a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?" <a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end? <a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a> The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it? <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? <a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> The prophets have prophesied falsely, "" And the priests bear rule by their means, "" And My people have loved [it] so, "" And what do they do at its latter end?” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved it so, And what do they at its latter end? <a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The prophets prophesied in falsehood, and the priests will spread out with their hands; and my people loved it thus: and what will ye do to its last part.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The prophets have prophesied lies, and the priests have applauded with their hands, and my people have loved these things. So then, what shall be done at the very end?” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes? <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The prophets prophesy falsely and the priests have supported them; and my people love to have it so; and what will you do at the end? <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The Prophets prophesied falsehood and the Priests held their hands, and my people loves it so, and what will you do at the end? <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, And the priests bear rule at their beck; And My people love to have it so; What then will ye do in the end thereof? <a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1706" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a> …30A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land. 31<a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇî·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">The prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: nib·bə·’ū- (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">prophesy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: ḇaš·še·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">falsely,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">and the priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/7287.htm" title="7287: yir·dū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To tread down, subjugate, to crumble off. A primitive root; to tread down, i.e. Subjugate; specifically, to crumble off.">rule</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·hem (N-fdc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">their own authority.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·hă·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">love</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">it so,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: ū·mah- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">but what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will you do</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">in the end?</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/13-2.htm">Ezekiel 13:2-3</a> “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD! / This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-10</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <a href="/hosea/4-9.htm">Hosea 4:9</a> And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-11</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Isaiah 9:15-16</a> The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. / For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up. <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a> The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. <a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22-23</a> And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ / So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.” <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/zechariah/11-5.htm">Zechariah 11:5</a> whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them. <a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a> Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?prophets.<a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a> Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.<a href="/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25,26</a> I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed… <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a> Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.bear rule.<a href="/isaiah/30-10.htm">Isaiah 30:10,11</a> Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: … <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Micah 2:6,11</a> Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame… <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-21</a> And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… and what.<a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30,31</a> And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life… <a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm">Jeremiah 22:22,23</a> The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness… <a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deuteronomy 32:29</a> O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-2.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-18.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-11.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Means</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-13.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-13.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-2.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Service</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-24.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">End</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Love</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Means</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-30.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Service</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a> 10. <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a> 19. <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a> 25. <a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a> 30. <a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The prophets prophesy falsely In the time of Jeremiah, false prophets were prevalent, claiming to speak for God but delivering messages that contradicted His true word. These prophets often spoke of peace and prosperity when God was warning of impending judgment (<a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a>). This reflects a broader biblical theme where false prophets arise to lead people astray (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a>). The New Testament also warns against false prophets, emphasizing the need for discernment (<a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15</a>). The false prophets in Jeremiah's time were likely motivated by personal gain or fear of persecution, prioritizing their own messages over God's truth.and the priests rule by their own authority The priests, who were supposed to be spiritual leaders and mediators between God and the people, were instead acting on their own authority. This indicates a corruption of the religious system, where priests were no longer adhering to the Law of Moses or seeking God's guidance. In the historical context, this reflects a period of spiritual decline in Judah, where religious leaders were more concerned with maintaining power and influence than with true worship. This mirrors the situation in the time of Jesus, where religious leaders were criticized for their hypocrisy and self-serving actions (Matthew 23).My people love it so The people of Judah were complicit in this corruption, preferring the comforting lies of the false prophets and the self-serving leadership of the priests over the hard truths of God's message. This reflects a human tendency to seek out messages that align with personal desires rather than truth (<a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a>). The people's love for these falsehoods indicates a deep spiritual blindness and rebellion against God, similar to the Israelites' repeated turning away from God throughout the Old Testament (<a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32:1-6</a>).but what will you do in the end? This rhetorical question serves as a warning of impending judgment. It challenges the people to consider the ultimate consequences of their actions and the futility of relying on falsehoods. In the broader biblical narrative, this points to the inevitable accountability before God that all people face (<a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a>). The question underscores the urgency of repentance and returning to God, a central theme in Jeremiah's prophetic ministry. It also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and redemption found in Jesus Christ, who calls people to truth and repentance (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a> Religious leaders in Judah who were supposed to speak God's truth but were instead delivering false messages. 3. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> Religious officials responsible for leading worship and maintaining the spiritual life of the community, yet they were ruling by their own authority rather than God's. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The audience of Jeremiah's message, who were complicit in accepting false teachings and corrupt leadership. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing impending judgment due to widespread sin and rebellion against God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_leadership.htm">Discernment in Leadership</a> Believers must be vigilant in discerning the truthfulness of spiritual leaders, ensuring they align with God's Word. <a href="/topical/a/authority_of_scripture.htm">Authority of Scripture</a> True spiritual authority comes from adherence to Scripture, not personal or cultural preferences. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a> The people of Judah loved the false messages because they were comfortable, highlighting the danger of complacency in our spiritual lives. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_falsehood.htm">Consequences of Falsehood</a> The passage warns of the inevitable consequences of following false teachings, urging believers to consider the end result of their spiritual choices. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each believer is responsible for their response to spiritual leadership and must seek God's truth actively.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_7_4_deny_temple_protection.htm">Jeremiah 7:4: How can this passage imply the temple offers no protection despite other texts suggesting God’s presence there protects His people?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_1_sam_23's_ephod_use_differ.htm">How does God's guidance through the ephod in 1 Samuel 23 contrast with other Old Testament passages that emphasize prophets rather than priestly objects for divine messages?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_false_prophets.htm">Jeremiah 14:13–16: If God is omniscient and just, why allow false prophets to deceive so many without immediate correction? </a> <a href="/q/why_wasn't_hananiah_rejected_immediately.htm">In Jeremiah 28:6–9, why did the people not reject Hananiah immediately if his prophecy contradicted Jeremiah and Deuteronomy 18:22 on false prophets? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) Prophesy falsely.--Literally, with a lie, so in <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm" title="And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and shall be buried there, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.">Jeremiah 20:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-9.htm" title="For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 29:9</a>.Bear rule by their means.--Better, move at their hands, i.e., according to their direction (as in <a href="/1_chronicles/25-2.htm" title="Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.">1Chronicles 25:2</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm" title="Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.">2Chronicles 23:18</a>. The Vulg. and LXX. translate The priests applauded with their hands. So taken, the words of Jeremiah make the priests follow the prophets, not the prophets the instruments of the priests. In <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm" title="The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.">Isaiah 9:15</a> the prophets are as "the tail," the basest element in the nation. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - The prophets... the priests. (See on Jeremiah 2:26.) Bear rule by their means; rather, rule at their beck. (literally, at their hands, comp. <a href="/jeremiah/33-13.htm">Jeremiah 33:13</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2, 3</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm">2 Chronicles 23:18</a>). An example of this interference of the false prophets with the priestly office is given by Jeremiah himself. (<a href="/jeremiah/29-24.htm">Jeremiah 29:24-26</a>). My people love to have it so. Sometimes the prophets speak as if the governing classes alone were responsible for the sins and consequent calamities of their country. But Jeremiah here expressly declares that the governed were as much to blame as their governors. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The prophets הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים (han·nə·ḇî·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> A spokesman, speaker, prophet prophesy נִבְּא֣וּ־ (nib·bə·’ū-) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> To prophesy, speak, by inspiration falsely, בַשֶּׁ֗קֶר (ḇaš·še·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> Deception, disappointment, falsehood and the priests וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ (wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest rule יִרְדּ֣וּ (yir·dū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7287.htm">Strong's 7287: </a> To tread down, subjugate, to crumble off by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against their own authority. יְדֵיהֶ֔ם (yə·ḏê·hem) Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand My people וְעַמִּ֖י (wə·‘am·mî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock love אָ֣הֲבוּ (’ā·hă·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f it so, כֵ֑ן (ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus but what וּמַֽה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what will you do תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (ta·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in the end?” לְאַחֲרִיתָֽהּ׃ (lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> The last, end, the future, posterity <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-31.htm">Jeremiah 5:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-31.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely and the priests (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>