¹¹ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made ^(A)horns of iron for himself; and he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you shall ^(B)gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.’ ”

Vision of the Horns

¹⁸ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four ^(A)horns. ¹⁹ And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”

So he answered me, ^(B)“These are the ^[a]horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

²⁰ Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. ²¹ And I said, “What are these coming to do?”

So he said, “These are the ^(C)horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but ^[b]the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that ^(D)lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

^8 (A)Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: ^(B)men of corrupt minds, ^(C)disapproved concerning the faith;

¹³ For such ^(A)are false apostles, ^(B)deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into ^(C)an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, ^(D)whose end will be according to their works.

^13 (A)Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists ^(B)took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, ^[a]“We ^[b]exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul ^(C)preaches.” ¹⁴ Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.

¹⁵ And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

¹⁶ Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, ^[c]overpowered them, and prevailed against ^[d]them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

²⁷ Her ^(A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy ^[a]people, and to get dishonest gain. ^28 (B)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, ^(C)seeing false visions, and divining ^(D)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken.

^6 (A)They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ But the Lord has ^(B)not sent them; yet they hope that the word may ^[a]be confirmed. ⁷ Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, ‘The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”

⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord God. ⁹ “My hand will be ^(C)against the prophets who envision futility and who ^(D)divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, ^(E)nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, ^(F)nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. ^(G)Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.