Jeremiah 23:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁶ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says:
“Don’t pay attention to what those prophets are saying to you.
    They are trying to fool you.
They talk about visions,
    but they did not get their visions from me.
    Their visions come from their own minds.
¹⁷ Some of the people hate the real messages from the Lord,
    so the prophets give them a different message.
    They say, ‘You will have peace.’
Some of the people are very stubborn.
    They do only what they want to do.
So the prophets say,
    ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’
¹⁸ But none of these prophets has stood in the heavenly council.^[a]
    None of them has seen or heard the message from the Lord.
    None of them has paid close attention to his message.