“Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:”
The command to disregard diviners, dreamers, soothsayers, and sorcerers establishes a hermeneutical principle for distinguishing true from false prophecy based on alignment with God's covenantal purposes, not techniques of divination. These practitioners represent alternative knowledge systems—Mesopotamian astrology, dream interpretation, and magical practices—that competed for influence in the royal court and among the populace. Jeremiah's dismissal of these voices claims that truth about God's will is not accessible through mystical techniques but through covenantal revelation.
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