Yeremia 7:8

7:8 “‘But just look at you! ¹  You are putting your confidence in a false belief ²  that will not deliver you. ³ 

Yeremia 28:15

28:15 Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie! ⁴ 

Mikha 3:11

3:11 Her ⁵  leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, ⁶ 

her priests proclaim rulings for profit,

and her prophets read omens for pay.

Yet they claim to trust ⁷  the Lord and say,

“The Lord is among us. ⁸ 

Disaster will not overtake ⁹  us!”

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Behold!”

[7:8]  ² tn Heb “You are trusting in lying words.” See the similar phrase in v. 4 and the note there.

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “not profit [you].”

[28:15]  ⁴ tn Or “You are giving these people false assurances.”

[3:11]  ⁵ sn The pronoun Her refers to Jerusalem (note the previous line).

[3:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “judge for a bribe.”

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “they lean upon” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “rely on.”

[3:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!”

[3:11]  ⁹ tn Or “come upon” (so many English versions); NCV “happen to us”; CEV “come to us.”