¹⁷ They keep saying^(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(D) will come to you.’

¹¹ Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(A)
    her priests teach for a price,^(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(C)
Yet they look^(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(E)

¹⁰ All the sinners among my people
    will die by the sword,^(A)
all those who say,
    ‘Disaster will not overtake or meet us.’^(B)

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,^(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’^(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

¹¹ They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.^(A)

¹² They have lied^(A) about the Lord;
    they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;^(B)
    we will never see sword or famine.^(C)