¹⁸ For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,^(A) but their own appetites.^(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive^(C) the minds of naive people.

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

⁷ Have you not seen false visions^(A) and uttered lying divinations when you say, “The Lord declares,” though I have not spoken?

⁸ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you,^(B) declares the Sovereign Lord. ⁹ My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying^(C) divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records^(D) of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.^(E)

¹⁰ “‘Because they lead my people astray,^(F) saying, “Peace,”^(G) when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,^(H)

²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth^(A) who are threatening to kill you,^(B) saying, “Do not prophesy^(C) in the name of the Lord or you will die^(D) by our hands”—

⁷ Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^(A) that comes up from the Abyss^(B) will attack them,^(C) and overpower and kill them.

²⁶ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions^(A) of their own minds?^{(B) 27} They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget^(C) my name, just as their ancestors forgot^(D) my name through Baal worship.^{(E) 28} Let the prophet who has a dream^(F) recount the dream, but let the one who has my word^(G) speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹ “Is not my word like fire,”^(H) declares the Lord, “and like a hammer^(I) that breaks a rock in pieces?