Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

对你们预言巴比伦王必不来攻击你们和这地的先知，现今在哪里呢？

对你们预言‘巴比伦王必不来攻击你们和这地’的先知在哪里呢？

对你们预言‘巴比伦王必不来攻击你们和这地’的先知在哪里呢？

那些曾向你们预言‘巴比伦王绝不会来这里攻打你们’的先知如今在哪里呢？

你们的先知曾向你们预言说：‘巴比伦王必不会来攻击你们和这地。’他们现今在哪里呢？

對你們預言巴比倫王必不來攻擊你們和這地的先知，現今在哪裏呢？

對你們預言『巴比倫王必不來攻擊你們和這地』的先知在哪裏呢？

對你們預言『巴比倫王必不來攻擊你們和這地』的先知在哪裏呢？

那些曾向你們預言『巴比倫王絕不會來這裡攻打你們』的先知如今在哪裡呢？

你們的先知曾向你們預言說：‘巴比倫王必不會來攻擊你們和這地。’他們現今在哪裡呢？

那些對你們傳神言說：「巴比倫王必不會來攻擊你們和這地」的那些「神言人」、如今在哪裏呢？

爾之先知與爾預言曰、巴比倫王必不至而攻爾、及斯土、其人安在、

爾之先知預言、巴比倫王必不攻爾、侵伐斯土、今安在哉。

爾之先知、曾向爾預言曰、巴比倫王必不來攻爾、亦不攻斯地、而今彼安在、

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you,‘ The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you? They said,‘ The king of Babylon won’t attack you. He won’t march into this land.’

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land’?

And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land’?

Where[ are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying,‘ The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’

“ Why are you coming to me?” Elisha asked the king of Israel.“ Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!” But King Joram of Israel said,“ No! For it was the Lord who called us three kings here— only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”

But why not call on these gods you have made? When trouble comes, let them save you if they can! For you have as many gods as there are towns in Judah.

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it in pieces.And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered,“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah:“ Go and tell Hananiah,‘ This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron.The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.’”Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah,“ Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.Therefore, this is what the Lord says:‘ You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the Lord.’”Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, their prophets are telling them,‘ All is well— no war or famine will come. The Lord will surely send you peace.’”Then the Lord said,“ These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!

They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

One day in late summer of that same year— the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah— Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:‘ I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.Within two years I will bring back all the Temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon.And I will bring back Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the other captives that were taken to Babylon. I will surely break the yoke that the king of Babylon has put on your necks. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”Jeremiah responded to Hananiah as they stood in front of all the priests and people at the Temple.

“ This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying,‘ All is peaceful’ when there is no peace at all! It’s as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash!Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.And when the wall falls, the people will cry out,‘ What happened to your whitewash?’“ Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you:‘ The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone.They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’

Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not save you from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead, they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope.

Do not listen to the false prophets who keep telling you,‘ The king of Babylon will not conquer you.’ They are liars.This is what the Lord says:‘ I have not sent these prophets! They are telling you lies in my name, so I will drive you from this land. You will all die— you and all these prophets, too.’”Then I spoke to the priests and the people and said,“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Do not listen to your prophets who claim that soon the gold articles taken from my Temple will be returned from Babylon. It is all a lie!Do not listen to them. Surrender to the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this whole city be destroyed?If they really are prophets and speak the Lord’s messages, let them pray to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Let them pray that the articles remaining in the Lord’s Temple and in the king’s palace and in the palaces of Jerusalem will not be carried away to Babylon!’

They keep saying to those who despise my word,‘ Don’t worry! The Lord says you will have peace!’ And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires, they say,‘ No harm will come your way!’

They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

“ Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them,‘ This is what the Lord says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,

“ Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people, and he will change his mind about his servants, when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.Then he will ask,‘ Where are their gods, the rocks they fled to for refuge?