¹⁶ Now then, hear^(A) the word of the Lord. You say,

⁴⁶ “Son of man, set your face toward^(A) the south; preach against the south and prophesy against^(B) the forest of the southland.^(C)

False Prophets

² “Son of man, set your face against^(A) Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary.^(B) Prophesy against^(C) the land of Israel

¹³ Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,^(A) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple^(B) of the kingdom.^(C)”

¹⁵ Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent^(A) you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies.^{(B) 16} Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.^(C) This very year you are going to die,^(D) because you have preached rebellion^(E) against the Lord.’”

¹⁷ In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.^(F)

¹⁹ Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne^(A) with all the multitudes^(B) of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.