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13 And I have seen foolishness in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal and made my people Israel go-astray.
14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing. They commit adultery and walk in lies. And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to me as Sodom and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore Jehovah of hosts says thus concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.
16 Jehovah of hosts says thus: Listen not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you*. They teach you* vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of Jehovah. 17 They say continually to those who despise me, Jehovah has said, You* will have peace. And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil will come upon you*.
18 For who has stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word and heard it? 19 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, wrath, has gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest. It will burst upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of Jehovah will not return until he has executed and till he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days you* will understand it perfectly.
21 I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words and would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their practices.
23 Am I a God at hand, says Jehovah and not a God afar off? 24 Can any man hide himself in secret places so that I will not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says Jehovah.
25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27 Who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Jehovah. 29 Is not my word like fire? says Jehovah and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, who use their tongues and say, He says. 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Jehovah and tell them. And make my people go-astray by their lies and by their vain boasting. Yet I sent them not, nor commanded them, neither do they profit this people at all, says Jehovah.
15 Therefore Jehovah of hosts says thus concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.
16 Jehovah of hosts says thus: Listen not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you*. They teach you* vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of Jehovah. 17 They say continually to those who despise me, Jehovah has said, You* will have peace. And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil will come upon you*.
18 For who has stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word and heard it? 19 Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, wrath, has gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest. It will burst upon the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of Jehovah will not return until he has executed and till he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days you* will understand it perfectly.
21 I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words and would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their practices.
23 Am I a God at hand, says Jehovah and not a God afar off? 24 Can any man hide himself in secret places so that I will not see him? says Jehovah. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says Jehovah.
25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. 26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart? 27 Who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Jehovah. 29 Is not my word like fire? says Jehovah and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, who use their tongues and say, He says. 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Jehovah and tell them. And make my people go-astray by their lies and by their vain boasting. Yet I sent them not, nor commanded them, neither do they profit this people at all, says Jehovah.