Jeremiah 23:13-32

Wycliffe^{(i) 13} And in the profetis of Samarie Y siy fonnednesse, and thei profesieden in Baal, and disseyueden my puple Israel. ¹⁴ And in the profetis of Jerusalem Y siy licnesse, auoutrie, and the weie of leesyng; and thei confortiden the hondis of the worste men, that ech man schulde not conuerte fro his malice; alle thei ben maad as Sodom to me, and alle the dwellers therof `ben maad as Gommorre. ¹⁵ Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis to the prophetis, Lo! Y schal feed hem with wermod, and Y schal yyue drynke to hem with galle; for whi defoulyng is goen out of the profetis of Jerusalem on al the lond. ¹⁶ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Nyle ye here the wordis of profetis, that profesien to you, and disseyuen you; thei speken the visioun of her herte, not of the mouth of the Lord. ¹⁷ Thei seien to hem that blasfemen me, The Lord spak, Pees schal be to you; and thei seiden to ech man that goith in the schrewidnesse of his herte, Yuel schal not come on you. ¹⁸ For whi who is present in the councel of the Lord, and siy, and herde his word? who bihelde, and herde the word of hym? ¹⁹ Lo! the whirlewynd of the Lordis indignacioun schal go out, and tempest brekynge schal come on the heed of wickid men. ²⁰ The strong veniaunce of the Lord schal not turne ayen, til that he do, and til that he fille the thouyt of his herte. In the laste daies ye schulen vndurstonde the councel of hym. ²¹ Y sente not the profetis, and thei runnen; Y spak not to hem, and thei profesieden. ²² If thei hadden stonde in my councel, and hadde maad knowun my wordis to my puple, forsothe Y hadde turned hem awei fro her yuel weie, and fro her worste thouytis. ²³ Gessist thou, whether Y am God of niy, seith the Lord, and not God afer? ²⁴ A man schal not be priuy in hid places, and Y schal not se hym, seith the Lord. Whether Y fille not heuene and erthe? seith the Lord. ²⁵ Y herde what thingis the profetis seiden, profesiynge a leesyng in my name, and seiynge, Y dremede dremes. ²⁶ Hou longe is this thing in the herte of profetis, profesiynge a leesyng, and profesiynge the disseite of her herte? ²⁷ Whiche wolen make, that my puple foryete my name for the dremes of hem, which ech man tellith to his neiybore, as the fadris of hem foryaten my name for Baal. ²⁸ A profete that hath a dreme, telle a dreem; and he that hath my word, speke verili my word. What is with chaffis to the wheete? seith the Lord. ²⁹ Whether my wordis ben not as fier brennynge, seith the Lord, and as an hamer al to-brekynge a stoon? ³⁰ Therfor lo! Y am redi to the profetis, seith the Lord, that stelen my wordis, ech man fro his neiybore. ³¹ Lo! Y to the profetis, seith the Lord, that taken her tungis, and seien, The Lord seith. ³² Lo! Y to the profetis, dremynge a leesyng, seith the Lord; which telden tho, and disseyueden my puple in her leesyng, and in her myraclis, whanne Y hadde not sente hem, nether hadde comaundide to hem; whiche profitiden no thing to this puple, seith the Lord.