ISRAEL’S FALSE PROPHETS CONDEMNED

13 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel whoa are prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination,b ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 3 This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing. 4 Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals among ruins. 5 You did not go up to the gapsc or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord. 6 They saw false visions and their divinations were a lie.d They claimed, “This is the Lord’s declaration,” when the Lord did not send them,e yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message. 7 Didn’t you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed, “This is the Lord’s declaration,” even though I had not spoken?