1And the word of the LORD 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 hearts, Hear ye the word
of the LORD;
3Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the
foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and
have seen nothing!
4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in
the deserts.
5Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither
made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand
in the battle in the day of the LORD.
6They have seen vanity and lying divination,
saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent
them: and they have made others to
hope that they would confirm the word.
7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye
not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The
LORD saith it;
albeit I have not spoken?
8Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because
ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore,
behold, I am against
you, saith the Lord GOD.
9And mine hand shall be upon the prophets
that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall
not be in the assembly 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 GOD.
10Because, even because they have seduced my
people, saying, Peace; and there
was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo,
others daubed it with untempered morter:
11Say unto them which daub it with
untempered morter,
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 GOD; I will
even rend it with
a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an
overflowing shower in mine anger, and great
hailstones in my fury
to consume it.
14So will I break down the wall that ye have
daubed with untempered morter,
and bring it down to the ground, so that the
foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall
fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof:
and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the
wall, and upon them that have daubed it with
untempered morter,
and will say unto you, The wall is no more,
neither they that daubed it;
16To
wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy
concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace
for her, and there
is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
17Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face
against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy
out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against
them,
18And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to
the women that
sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon
the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye
hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the
souls alive that
come unto you?
19And will ye pollute 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 hear your lies?
20Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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 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 the
LORD.
22Because with lies ye have made the heart of
the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and
strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way, by promising him
life:
23Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor
divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out
of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.