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"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' say to them, 'What oracle? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.'

"When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the Lord?' say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the Lord.'

If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' I will punish that man and his household.

If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the Lord,' I will punish them and their household.

This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the LORD's answer?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'

This is what each of you keeps saying to your friends and other Israelites: ‘What is the Lord 's answer?' or ‘What has the Lord spoken?'

But you must not mention 'the oracle of the LORD ' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the LORD Almighty, our God.

But you must not mention ‘a message from the Lord ' again, because each one's word becomes their own message. So you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God.

This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the LORD's answer to you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'

This is what you keep saying to a prophet: ‘What is the Lord 's answer to you?' or ‘What has the Lord spoken?'

Although you claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' this is what the LORD says: You used the words, 'This is the oracle of the LORD,' even though I told you that you must not claim, 'This is the oracle of the LORD.'

Although you claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord,' this is what the Lord says: You used the words, ‘This is a message from the Lord,' even though I told you that you must not claim, ‘This is a message from the Lord.'

Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your fathers.

Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

I will bring upon you everlasting disgrace-everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."

I will bring on you everlasting disgrace—everlasting shame that will not be forgotten."