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They say, &#8216I had a dream! I had a dream!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, &#8216I had a dream, I had a dream!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy a lie in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets who prophesy a lie in my name have said: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream! ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220I have heard what the prophets who prophesy a lie in My name have said, &#8216I had a dream! I had a dream!&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />These unfaithful prophets claim that I have given them a dream or a vision, and then they tell lies in my name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I've heard the prophets who speak lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I know what those prophets have said who speak lies in my name and claim that I have given them my messages in their dreams. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I've heard what the prophets who prophesy lies in my name have said: 'I had a dream; I had a dream.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD says, "I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, 'I have had a dream! I have had a dream!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />'I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“I have heard that which the prophets said, "" Who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, "" I have dreamed, I have dreamed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I heard what the prophets said, prophesying a falsehood in my name, saying, I dreamed, I dreamed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesylies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said, prophesying falsehoods in my name, and also saying: ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have heard the prophets who prophesy lies in my name say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed!”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed a dream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have heard the thing that the Prophets said, who prophesy in my name with a lie, and they are saying: ‘I have dreamed a dream’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets have said, That prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6915" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Lying Prophets</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">“I have heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">the sayings</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇi·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">of the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: han·nib·bə·’îm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">who prophesy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: še·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">lies</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: biš·mî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">in My name:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2492.htm" title="2492: ḥā·lam·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream. A primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. to be plump; also to dream.">‘I had a dream!</a> <a href="/hebrew/2492.htm" title="2492: ḥā·lā·mə·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream. A primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. to be plump; also to dream.">I had a dream!’</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">Deuteronomy 18:20-22</a></span><br />But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.” / You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” / When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-6.htm">Ezekiel 13:6-9</a></span><br />They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. / Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken? / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15-20</a></span><br />Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. / By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br />Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />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. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5-7</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths: / Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. / Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm">1 Kings 22:21-23</a></span><br />Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. / 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Zechariah 10:2</a></span><br />For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11</a></span><br />and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. / And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29-30</a></span><br />I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a></span><br />Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7-8</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. / For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.</p><p class="hdg">heard.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Jeremiah 8:6</a></b></br> I hearkened and heard, <i>but</i> they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></b></br> I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, <i>and</i> thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when <i>shall it</i> once <i>be</i>?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Jeremiah 16:17</a></b></br> For mine eyes <i>are</i> upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.</p><p class="hdg">dreamed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Jeremiah 23:28,32</a></b></br> The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What <i>is</i> the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that <i>be</i> in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5,9</a></b></br> And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told <i>it</i> his brethren: and they hated him yet the more… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/psalms/126-1.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-16.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-18.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-14.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-21.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-15.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Open</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Prophesy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Christ shall rule and save them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Against false prophets;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-33.htm">and mockers of the true prophets.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/jeremiah/23.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I have heard</b><br />This phrase indicates God's omniscience and His active engagement with the world. The Hebrew root for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and responding. In the context of Jeremiah, it underscores God's awareness of the false prophets' activities. Historically, this reflects the period when Judah was plagued by false prophets who claimed to speak for God, misleading the people. God's hearing is not passive; it is a prelude to action.<p><b>what the prophets</b><br />The term "prophets" here refers to those who claimed to be messengers of God. In the Hebrew context, a prophet (נָבִיא, navi) was expected to convey God's truth. However, these individuals were false prophets, a significant issue in Jeremiah's time. They were leading the people astray with their own visions and dreams, rather than God's word. This highlights the importance of discernment and the need for true prophetic voices that align with God's will.<p><b>who prophesy lies</b><br />The phrase "prophesy lies" is a direct accusation against those who speak falsehoods in God's name. The Hebrew word for "lies" is "שֶׁקֶר" (sheker), meaning deception or falsehood. This was a grave sin, as it not only misled the people but also profaned the name of God. In the historical context, these false prophecies often promised peace and security, contrary to God's warnings of impending judgment. This serves as a caution against accepting teachings that contradict Scripture.<p><b>in My name</b><br />Using God's name implies authority and authenticity. The Hebrew concept of "name" (שֵׁם, shem) encompasses character and reputation. These false prophets were abusing the divine name to lend credibility to their lies. This is a violation of the commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain (<a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a>). It reminds believers of the sacredness of God's name and the responsibility that comes with speaking on His behalf.<p><b>saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!&#8217</b><br />The repetition of "I had a dream" emphasizes the false prophets' insistence on their deceptive messages. Dreams were a common means of divine communication in the ancient Near East, but these dreams were self-generated rather than God-given. The historical context shows that these false dreams were used to manipulate and control the people, offering false hope. This serves as a warning to test all spiritual experiences against the truth of Scripture, ensuring they align with God's revealed word.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">I have dreamed . . .</span>--The words point to the form of the claim commonly made by the false prophets. Dreams took their place among the recognised channels of divine revelation (<a href="/genesis/40-8.htm" title="And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.">Genesis 40:8</a>; <a href="/genesis/41-16.htm" title="And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.">Genesis 41:16</a>; <a href="/joel/2-28.htm" title="And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:">Joel 2:28</a>; <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm" title="In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.">Daniel 7:1</a>), but their frequent misuse by the false prophets brought them into discredit, and the teaching of <a href="/context/deuteronomy/13-1.htm" title="If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,">Deuteronomy 13:1-5</a> accordingly brought the "dreamer of dreams" no less than the prophet to the test whether what he taught was in accordance with the law of Jehovah. The iteration of "I have dreamed" represents the affected solemnity with which the false prophets proclaimed their visions. Of the disparagement of dreams, consequent on this abuse, we have a striking example in <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-3.htm" title="For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.">Ecclesiastes 5:3</a>, and later still in <a href="//apocrypha.org/ecclesiasticus/34-1.htm" title="The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.">Ecclesiasticus 34:1-7</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have dreamed</span>. Jeremiah mentions it as one of the marks of a false prophet that he appealed to his dreams (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/29-8.htm">Jeremiah 29:8</a>); true prophecy contented itself with less ambiguous media of communication with the unseen world. It may be objected that Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-12.htm">Genesis 15:12</a>), at any rate, and Abimelech (<a href="/genesis/20-3.htm">Genesis 20:3</a>) received Divine revelations in dreams; but these were not officially prophets. Nathan and the contemporaries of the author of Job had messages from God by night, but these are called, not dreams, but visions (<a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">2 Samuel 7:14</a>, comp. 17; <a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a>). Deuteronomy (and this is one of its striking points of agreement with Jeremiah) expressly describes a false prophet as "a dreamer of dreams" (<a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1</a>; comp. <a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm">1 Samuel 28:6</a>). Two passages in the Old Testament seem inconsistent with this discouragement of dreams as a medium of revelation - <a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a>, where the Lord is said to make himself known to prophets by visions and dreams, and <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28</a>, where the prophetic dreams of the old men are one of the features of a Messianic description; but it is noteworthy that the first of these refers to the primitive period of Israel's history, and the second to the distant Messianic age. In its classical period prophecy kept itself sedulously aloof from a field on which it had such compromising companionship (comp. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:7</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“I have heard</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sayings</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽמְרוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the prophets</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּבִאִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·ḇi·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who prophesy</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nib·bə·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prophesy, speak, by inspiration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֖קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(še·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deception, disappointment, falsehood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in My name:</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁמִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(biš·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I had a dream!</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלַ֖מְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2492.htm">Strong's 2492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I had a dream!’</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלָֽמְתִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lā·mə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2492.htm">Strong's 2492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/23-25.htm">Jeremiah 23:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/23-25.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 23:25 I have heard what the prophets have (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/23-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:26" /></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>