Jeremiah 23:25-32

English Standard Version

²⁵ I have heard what the prophets have said ^(A)who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ^(B)‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ ²⁶ How long shall there be lies in the heart of ^(C)the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, ²⁷ who think to make my people forget my name ^(D)by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their ^(E)fathers forgot my name for Baal? ^28 (F)Let the prophet who has a dream ^(G)tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. ^(H)What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. ^29 (I)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and ^(J)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? ^30 (K)Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. ³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’ ³² Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and ^(L)lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when ^(M)I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.