12. “That is why their own way will becomelike slippery paths in the dark.They will be chased away, and they will fall down in the dark.I will bring disaster on them.It is time for them to be punished,” declares the Lord.
13. “⌊Say this⌋ about the prophets of Samaria:I saw something disgusting.The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baaland led my people Israel astray.
14. “⌊Say this⌋ about the prophets of Jerusalem:I see something horrible.The prophets of Jerusalem commit adultery and live a lie.They support those who do evilso that no one turns back from his wickedness.They are all like Sodom to me,and those who live in Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
15. This is what the Lord of Armies says about the prophets:I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink.The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessnessthroughout the land.
16. This is what the Lord of Armies says:Don’t listen to what the prophets are saying to you.They fill you with false hope.They speak about visions that they dreamed up.These visions are not from the Lord.
17. They keep saying to those who despise me,“The Lord says, ‘Everything will go well for you.’”They tell all who live by their own stubborn ways,“Nothing bad will happen to you.”
18. Who is in the Lord’s inner circleand sees and hears his word?Who pays attention and listens to his word?
19. The storm of the Lord will come with his anger.Like a windstorm, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.
20. The anger of the Lord will not turn backuntil he has done everything he intends to do.In the last days you will understand this clearly.
21. I didn’t send these prophets,yet they ran ⌊with their message⌋.I didn’t speak to them,yet they prophesied.
22. If they had been in my inner circle,they would have announced my words to my people.They would have turned back from their evil waysand the evil they have done.
23. “I am a God who is near.I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord.
24. “No one can hide so that I can’t see him,” declares the Lord.“I fill heaven and earth!” declares the Lord.
25. “I’ve heard the prophets who speak lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
26. How long will these prophets continue to lie and deceive?
27. They tell each other the dreams they had, because they want to make my people forget my name, as their ancestors forgot my name because of Baal.
28. The prophet who has a dream should tell his dream. However, the person who has my word should honestly speak my word. What does grain have to do with straw?” asks the Lord.
29. “Isn’t my word like fire or like a hammer that shatters a rock?” asks the Lord.
30. “I’m against the prophets who steal my words from each other,” declares the Lord.
31. “I’m against the prophets who speak their own thoughts and say that they speak for me.
32. I’m against those who prophesy dreams they made up,” declares the Lord. “They tell the dreams they made up and lead my people astray with their lies and their wild talk. I didn’t send them or command them to go. They don’t help these people at all,” declares the Lord.