²⁵ “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies^(D) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!^(E) I had a dream!’ ²⁶ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions^(F) of their own minds?^{(G) 27} They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget^(H) my name, just as their ancestors forgot^(I) my name through Baal worship.^{(J) 28} Let the prophet who has a dream^(K) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word^(L) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹ “Is not my word like fire,”^(M) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer^(N) that breaks a rock in pieces?

Not Peace but Division^(A)

⁴⁹ “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ But I have a baptism^(B) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!^{(C) 51} Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. ⁵² From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. ⁵³ They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”^(D)