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What does Jeremiah 23:32 mean?

"Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh."

— Jeremiah 23:32 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

29

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30

“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.

31

Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’

32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.

33

“When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, asks you, saying, ‘What is the message from Yahweh?’ Then you shall tell them, ‘“What message? I will cast you off,” says Yahweh.’

34

As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even punish that man and his household.

35

You will say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, ‘What has Yahweh answered?’ and, ‘What has Yahweh said?’

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