10. “This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying, ‘All is peaceful’ when there is no peace at all! It’s as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash!
11. Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.
12. And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, ‘What happened to your whitewash?’
13. “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.
14. I will break down your wall right to its foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the lord.
15. At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you: ‘The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone.
16. They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign lord, have spoken!’
17. “Now, son of man, speak out against the women who prophesy from their own imaginations.
18. This is what the Sovereign lord says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?
19. You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.