²⁸ Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing ^(A)false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

¹⁸ For such men are ^(A)slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of ^(B)their own ^[a]appetites; and by their ^(C)smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.