14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: aThey commit adultery and walk in lies; They also bstrengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like cSodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
15 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: ‘Behold, I will feed them with awormwood, And make them drink the water of gall; For from the prophets of Jerusalem 1Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ”
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; aThey speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The Lord has said, a“You shall have peace” ’; And to everyone who bwalks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, c‘No evil shall come upon you.’ ”
18 For awho has stood in the counsel of the Lord, And has perceived and heard His word? Who has marked His word and heard it?
19 Behold, a awhirlwind of the Lord has gone forth in fury— A violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked.
20 The aanger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. bIn the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
21 “Ia have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in My counsel, And had caused My people to hear My words, Then they would have aturned them from their evil way And from the evil of their doings.
23 “Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off?
24 Can anyone ahide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; b“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
Even though it is not stated directly, these prophets are acting presumptuously. They are doing a work, they are saying words, that He did not put in their mouths to say. It is a vision from their own hearts.
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