Jeremiah 23:31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord,.... Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and set his face on another occasion;
that use their tongues; at their pleasure, their lips being their own. So the Targum,
"who prophesy according to the will of their own hearts;''
talk in a haughty and insolent manner, speaking bold and daring things of the divine Being; or in a boasting bragging manner, extolling themselves, and speaking highly in their own commendations; or rather in a flattering way to the people: so some read it, by a transposition of a radical letter {r}, "that smooth their tongues", as Kimchi; or speak smooth things with their tongues, to please the people:
and say, He saith; that is, "the Lord", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions express it; that so they, night be the more easily believed by the people; but this was highly provoking to God, to father their lies and falsehoods upon him.
{r} Myxqwlh "hic pro" Myqylxmh "qui lenificant linguam suam", Pagninus, Gataker; "sumentes blandam linguan suam", Schmidt.