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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it_said to_me falsehood the_prophets are_prophesying in_name_of_my not I_sent_them and_not I_appointed_them and_not I_spoke to_them a_vision_of falsehood and_divination and[fn] and[fn] their_own_heart_of_their they are_prophesying to_you(pl).
OET (OET-RV) “The prophets use my name but speak deceitfully,” Yahweh answered. “I didn’t appoint them and I didn’t send them, and I didn’t give them a false vision. The worthless prophecies that they’re proclaiming to you all come from their own minds.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
(Occurrence 0) prophesy deceit
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me lies the,prophets prophesying in,name_of,my not I,sent_them and=not I,appointed_them and=not spoken to,them vision_of false and,divination and, and, their_own_heart_of,their they(emph) prophesying to,you(pl) )
The word “deceit” can be expressed as an adjective. Alternate translation: [prophesy deceitfully]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) in my name
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me lies the,prophets prophesying in,name_of,my not I,sent_them and=not I,appointed_them and=not spoken to,them vision_of false and,divination and, and, their_own_heart_of,their they(emph) prophesying to,you(pl) )
This phrase refers to speaking with Yahweh’s power and authority or as his representative.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) I did not send them out
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me lies the,prophets prophesying in,name_of,my not I,sent_them and=not I,appointed_them and=not spoken to,them vision_of false and,divination and, and, their_own_heart_of,their they(emph) prophesying to,you(pl) )
This means that Yahweh did not send them out with messages to give to the people. Alternate translation: [I did not send them to prophesy to other people]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) coming from their own minds
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=me lies the,prophets prophesying in,name_of,my not I,sent_them and=not I,appointed_them and=not spoken to,them vision_of false and,divination and, and, their_own_heart_of,their they(emph) prophesying to,you(pl) )
Here “minds” are spoken of as if they were a place instead of the ability to think of ideas. Alternate translation: [that they think up themselves]
OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it_said to_me falsehood the_prophets are_prophesying in_name_of_my not I_sent_them and_not I_appointed_them and_not I_spoke to_them a_vision_of falsehood and_divination and[fn] and[fn] their_own_heart_of_their they are_prophesying to_you(pl).
OET (OET-RV) “The prophets use my name but speak deceitfully,” Yahweh answered. “I didn’t appoint them and I didn’t send them, and I didn’t give them a false vision. The worthless prophecies that they’re proclaiming to you all come from their own minds.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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