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Lexicon :: Strong's H5012 - nāḇā'

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נָבָא
Transliteration
nāḇā'
Pronunciation
naw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1277

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

  1. to prophesy

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

    2. (Hithpael)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
STRONGS H5012: Abbreviations
† [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 + 7 times; 2nd person masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ Jeremiah 20:6 + 2 times; נִבֵּיתָ Jeremiah 26:9; 1st person singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3rd person plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 + 3 times; נִבָּ֑אוּ Jeremiah 23:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8 + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:15 + 27 times; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:13; suffix הִנָּֽבְאוֹ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָּֽבְאֹתוֹ Zechariah 13:4, + 4 times Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 + 20 times Participle; —
1. prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:3.
b. the word of י׳ : absolute Amos 2:12; Amos 3:8 (emended יחרד We Now needless), Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13; Joel 3:1 [Joel 2:28]; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 28:9; Jeremiah 32:3; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:19 [Ezekiel 21:14]; Ezekiel 37:7; Ezekiel 38:17 but especially in phrase הִנָּבֵא וֶאַמַדְתָּ Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28]; Ezekiel 30:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 36:3; Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 38:14, Ezekiel 38:17; with accusative Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:30; Jeremiah 28:6; followed by עַל against Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:20; Ezekiel 4:7; Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 25:2; Ezekiel 28:21; Ezekiel 29:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 35:2; Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1; unto Ezekiel 37:4; אֶל unto Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:12; Jeremiah 28:8; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:9; against Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:7 [Ezekiel 21:2]; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 26:9.
2. of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר Jeremiah 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; נִבְּאֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 23:26; compare Jeremiah 23:32; with לֵ Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16.
3. compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16 ; 1st person singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 + 7 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 + 5 times; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 + 9 times Participle; —
1. Prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26, Numbers 11:27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:13, in frenzy 1 Samuel 19:20,1 Samuel 19:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24; excited to violence 1 Samuel 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26.
b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 20:37; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 26:20.
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13.
3. of false prophets 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5013.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:6; 10:10; 10:10; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:16; 18:10; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:23; 19:24

1 Kings

18:29; 22:8; 22:10; 22:12; 22:18

2 Kings

9:11

1 Chronicles

25:1; 25:2; 25:3

2 Chronicles

18:7; 18:9; 18:11; 18:17; 20:37

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:8; 5:31; 11:21; 14:14; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 19:14; 20:1; 20:1; 20:6; 20:6; 23:13; 23:13; 23:16; 23:21; 23:21; 23:25; 23:25; 23:26; 23:32; 25:13; 25:30; 26:9; 26:9; 26:11; 26:12; 26:18; 26:18; 26:20; 26:20; 26:20; 27:10; 27:14; 27:15; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:6; 28:8; 28:9; 29:9; 29:21; 29:26; 29:27; 29:31; 32:3; 37:19

Ezekiel

4:7; 6:2; 11:4; 11:13; 12:27; 12:27; 13:2; 13:2; 13:16; 13:17; 13:17; 21:2; 21:2; 21:14; 21:14; 21:28; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 30:2; 34:2; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1; 36:3; 36:6; 37:4; 37:7; 37:7; 37:7; 37:9; 37:10; 37:10; 37:12; 38:2; 38:14; 38:17; 38:17; 39:1

Joel

2:28

Amos

2:12; 3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:13; 7:13; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16

Zechariah

13:3; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4

H5012

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Strong's Number H5012 matches the Hebrew נָבָא (nāḇā'),
which occurs 115 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Num 11:25–Jer 27:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. H5012 But they did not do it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the [fn]other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied H5012 in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying H5012 in the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward you will come to [fn]the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - “Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy H5012 with them and be changed into another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came to [fn]the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied H5012 among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied H5012 now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:13 - When he had finished prophesying, H5012 he came to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved H5012 in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, [fn]as usual; and [fn]a spear was in Saul’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, H5012 with Samuel standing and presiding over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied. H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. H5012 So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - He [fn]proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying H5012 continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied H5012 before Samuel and [fn]lay down [fn]naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - When midday was past, they [fn]raved H5012 until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no [fn]one paid attention.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy H5012 good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying H5012 before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - All the prophets were prophesying H5012 thus, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy H5012 good concerning me, but evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of [fn]those who performed their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and [fn]Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the [fn]direction of Asaph, who prophesied H5012 under the [fn]direction of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, [fn]Zeri, Jeshaiah, [fn]Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the [fn]direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied H5012 in giving thanks and praising the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, for he never prophesies H5012 good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying H5012 before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All the prophets were prophesying H5012 thus, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy H5012 good concerning me, but evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied H5012 against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - “The priests did not say, ‘Where is the LORD?’
And those who handle the law did not know Me;
The [fn]rulers also transgressed against Me,
And the prophets prophesied H5012 by Baal
And walked after things that did not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets prophesy H5012 falsely,
And the priests rule [fn]on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy H5012 in the name of the LORD, so that you will not die at our hand”;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying H5012 falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying H5012 to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own [fn]minds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who are prophesying H5012 in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying, ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—by sword and famine those prophets shall [fn]meet their end!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “The people also to whom they are prophesying H5012 will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour out their own wickedness on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; H5012 and he stood in the court of the LORD’S house and said to all the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying H5012 these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - ‘And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.’” H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing:
They prophesied H5012 by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying H5012 to you.
They are leading you into futility;
They speak a vision of their own [fn]imagination,
Not from the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - “I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied. H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy H5012 falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - “How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy H5012 falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - “Behold, I am against those who have prophesied H5012 false dreams,” declares the LORD, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - ‘I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book which Jeremiah has prophesied H5012 against all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against them all these words, and you shall say to them,
‘The LORD will roar from on high
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His [fn]fold.
He will shout like those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - “Why have you prophesied H5012 in the name of the LORD saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied H5012 against this city as you have heard in your hearing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, “The LORD sent me to prophesy H5012 against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - “[fn]Micah of Moresheth prophesied H5012 in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus the LORD of hosts has said,
“Zion will be plowed as a field,
And Jerusalem will become ruins,
And the mountain of the house as the [fn]high places of a forest.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - Indeed, there was also a man who prophesied H5012 in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied H5012 against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - “For they prophesy H5012 a lie to you in order to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - “So do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy H5012 a lie to you;

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