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.