⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)Do not let your prophets and ^(B)your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,^[a]

³¹ “Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning ^(A)Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because ^(B)Shemaiah had prophesied to you ^(C)when I did not send him, and has made you trust in a lie, ³² therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish ^(D)Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, ^(E)and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the Lord, ^(F)for he has spoken rebellion against the Lord.’”