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