³¹ “Send this message to all the exiles: ‘This is what the Lord says about Shemaiah^(A) the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send^(B) him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies, ³² this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants.^(C) He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good^(D) things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion^(E) against me.’”

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

4 The Spirit^(A) clearly says that in later times^(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits^(C) and things taught by demons. ² Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.^(D)