Jeremiah 23:25–32

25 “I have heard what the prophets who prophesy liesc have said in my name, ⌊saying⌋,d ‘I have dreamed! I have dreamed!’ 26 ⌊How long⌋e will this be in the heartsf of the prophets who prophesy lies,g even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,h 27 who plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestorsi forgot my name through Baal? 28 The prophet who has with him a dream, let him tell the dream. But the prophetj who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. ⌊What is straw compared to wheat⌋?”k ⌊declares⌋l Yahweh. 29 “Is not my word like fire?” ⌊declares⌋m Yahweh, “and like a blacksmith’s hammer that breaks a rock into pieces?

30 “⌊Therefore⌋n look, I am against the prophets,” ⌊declares⌋o Yahweh, “who steal my words each one from his neighbor. 31 Look, I am against the prophets,” ⌊declares⌋p Yahweh, “who take their tonguesq and declare as prophets, ‘Yahweh ⌊declares⌋.’r 32 Look, I am against those who prophesy dreams of lies,”s ⌊declares⌋t Yahweh, “and tell them, and they caused my people to err through their lies, and in their recklessness, when I myself have not sent them nor commanded them, so they profit not this people at all,” ⌊declares⌋u Yahweh.