¹⁸ and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Woe to the women who sew magic charms ^[a]on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you ^(A)hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?

¹⁴ having eyes full of ^[a]adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. ^(A)They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children.

²⁰ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like ^[a]birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds.

^3 (A)For the time will come when they will not endure ^(B)sound doctrine, ^(C)but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;

¹⁴ that we should no longer be ^(A)children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of ^(B)deceitful plotting,

^25 (A)The conspiracy of her ^[a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they ^(B)have devoured ^[b]people; ^(C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

¹⁶ that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who ^(A)see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.

¹⁰ “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ^(A)‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they ^(B)plaster^[a] it with untempered mortar—