12. Hence their way shall become for themslippery ground.Into the darkness they shall be driven,and fall headlong;For I will bring disaster upon them,the year of their punishment—oracle of the Lord.
13. Among Samaria’s prophetsI saw something unseemly:They prophesied by Baaland led my people Israel astray.
14. But among Jerusalem’s prophetsI saw something more shocking:Adultery, walking in deception,strengthening the power of the wicked,so that no one turns from evil;To me they are all like Sodom,its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
15. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts against the prophets:Look, I will give them wormwood to eat,and poisoned water to drink;For from Jerusalem’s prophetsungodliness has gone forth into the whole land.
16. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Do not listen to the words of your prophets,who fill you with emptiness;They speak visions from their own fancy,not from the mouth of the Lord.