Jeremiah 23:25–32

²⁵I know what those prophets have said who speak lies in my name and claim that I have given them my messages in their dreams. ²⁶How much longer will those prophets mislead my people with the lies they have invented? ²⁷They think that the dreams they tell will make my people forget me, just as their ancestors forgot me and turned to Baal. ²⁸The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream, but the prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully. What good is straw compared with wheat? ²⁹My message is like a fire, and like a hammer that breaks rocks in pieces. ³⁰I am against those prophets who take each other’s words and proclaim them as my message. ³¹I am also against those prophets who speak their own words and claim they came from me. ³²Listen to what I, the Lord, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the Lord, have spoken.”