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.
17. They say to those who despise the word of the Lord,“Peace shall be yours”;And to everyone who walks in hardness of heart,“No evil shall overtake you.”
18. Now, who has stood in the council of the Lord,to see him and to hear his word?Who has heeded his word so as to announce it?