20. My anger will not turn back. I will accomplish everything I plan to do. In days to come you will understand it clearly.
21. I did not send those prophets. But they have run to tell you their message anyway. I did not speak to them. But they have still prophesied.
22. Suppose they had stood in my courts. Then they would have announced my message to my people. They would have turned my people from their evil ways. They would have turned them away from their sins.
23. "Am I only a God who is nearby?" announces the Lord. "Am I not a God who is also far away?
24. Can anyone hide in secret places so that I can't see him?" announces the Lord. "Don't I fill heaven and earth?" announces the Lord.
25. "I have heard what the prophets are saying. They prophesy lies in my name. They say, 'I had a dream! The Lord has given me a dream!'
26. How long will that continue in the hearts of those prophets who tell lies? They try to get others to believe their own mistaken ideas.
27. They tell one another their dreams. They think that will make my people forget my name. In the same way, their people of long ago forgot my name when they worshiped Baal.
28. "Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream. But let the one who has my message speak it faithfully. Your prophets have given you straw to eat instead of grain," announces the Lord.
29. "My message is like fire," announces the Lord. "It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces.
30. "So I am against those prophets," announces the Lord. "I am against those who steal messages from one another. They claim that the messages come from me.