22. Had they stood in my council,they would have proclaimed my words to my people,They would have brought them back from their evil waysand from their wicked deeds.
23. Am I a God near at hand only—oracle of the Lord—and not a God far off?
24. Can anyone hide in secretwithout my seeing them?—oracle of the Lord.Do I not fillheaven and earth?—oracle of the Lord.
25. I have heard the prophets who prophesy lies in my name say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”
26. How long? Will the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies and their own deceitful fancies ever turn back?