Jeremiah 23:25–32

²⁵“I have ^aheard what the prophets have said who ^bprophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a ^cdream, I had a dream!’

²⁶“How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the ^adeception of their own heart,

²⁷who intend to ^amake My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers ^bforgot My name because of Baal?

²⁸“The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has ^aMy word speak My word in truth. ^bWhat does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord.

²⁹“Is not My word like ^afire?” declares the Lord, “and like a ^bhammer which shatters a rock?

³⁰“Therefore behold, ^aI am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who steal My words from each other.

³¹“Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares.’

³²“Behold, I am against those who have prophesied ^afalse dreams,” declares the Lord, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and ^breckless boasting; yet ^cI did not send them or command them, nor do they ^dfurnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.