21. “I did not send the 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 proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way,and from the evil of their deeds.
23. “Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?
24. Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
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 shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,