⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually.

²¹ The Lord ^(A)smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said ^[a]to Himself, “I will never again ^(B)curse the ground on account of man, for ^(C)the ^[b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(D)and I will never again ^[c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, “The ^(A)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. ^(B)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a ^(C)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own ^[a]minds.

²⁶ How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the ^(A)deceitfulness of their own heart,

² “Son of man, prophesy against the ^(A)prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own ^[a]inspiration, ‘^(B)Listen to the word of the Lord!

¹⁰ It is definitely because they have ^(A)misled My people by saying, ‘^(B)Peace!’ when there is ^(C)no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash;

²² Because you ^(A)disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him pain, but you have ^[a](B)encouraged the wicked not to ^(C)turn from his wicked way to keep him alive,

⁸ Yet they ^(A)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart, each one of them; therefore I brought on them all the ^(B)words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’”

¹¹ Then you are to say to them, ‘It is ^(A)because your forefathers have abandoned Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed ^(B)other gods, and served and worshiped them; but they have abandoned Me and have not kept My Law. ¹² You too have done evil, even ^(C)more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the ^(D)stubbornness of his own ^(E)evil heart, without listening to Me.