1And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , 2Son of man , prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy , and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart , Hear ye the word of Jehovah : 3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah , Woe unto the foolish prophets , that follow their own spirit , and have seen nothing ! 4O Israel , thy prophets have been like foxes in the waste places . 5Ye have not gone up into the gaps , neither built up the wall for the house of Israel , to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah . 6They have seen falsehood and lying divination , that say , Jehovah saith ; but Jehovah hath not sent them : and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed . 7Have ye not seen a false vision , and have ye not spoken a lying divination , in that ye say , Jehovah saith ; albeit I have not spoken ? 8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye have spoken falsehood , and seen lies , therefore , behold , I am against you , saith the Lord Jehovah . 9And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions , and that divine lies : they shall not be in the council of my people , neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel , neither shall they enter into the land of Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah . 10Because , even because they have seduced my people , saying, Peace ; and there is no peace ; and when one buildeth up a wall , behold , they daub it with untempered mortar : 11say unto them that daub it with untempered mortar , that it shall fall : there shall be an overflowing shower ; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall ; and a stormy wind shall rend it . 12Lo , when the wall is fallen , shall it not be said unto you , Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it ? 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath ; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger , and great hailstones in wrath to consume it . 14So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar , and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered ; and it shall fall , and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof : and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . 15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall , and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar ; and I will say unto you , The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it ; 16to wit , the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem , and that see visions of peace for her , and there is no peace , saith the Lord Jehovah .
Judgment on the False Prophets
17And thou , son of man , set thy face against the daughters of thy people , that prophesy out of their own heart ; and prophesy thou against them , 18and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls ! Will ye hunt the souls of my people , and save souls alive for yourselves ? 19And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread , to slay the souls that should not die , and to save the souls alive that should not live , by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies . 20Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against your pillows , wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly , and I will tear them from your arms ; and I will let the souls go , even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly . 21Your kerchiefs also will I tear , and deliver my people out of your hand , and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah . 22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous , whom I have not made sad , and strengthened the hands of the wicked , that he should not return from his wicked way , and be saved alive ; 23Therefore ye shall no more see false visions , nor divine divinations : and I will deliver my people out of your hand ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah .