Jeremiah 23:25–32

²⁵“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies^c in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!^d I had a dream!’ ²⁶How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions^e of their own minds?^{f 27}They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget^g my name, just as their ancestors forgot^h my name through Baal worship.^{i 28}Let the prophet who has a dream^j recount the dream, but let the one who has my word^k speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹“Is not my word like fire,”^l declares the Lord, “and like a hammer^m that breaks a rock in pieces?

³⁰“Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am againstⁿ the prophets^o who steal from one another words supposedly from me. ³¹Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’^{p 32}Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,^q” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray^r with their reckless lies,^s yet I did not send^t or appoint them. They do not benefit^u these people in the least,” declares the Lord.