17. They keep saying to those who despise me,“The Lord says: you will have peace.”And to all who follow the stubbornness of their heartsthey say, “No harm will come to you.”
18. But which of them has stood in the council of the Lordto see or to hear his word?Who has listened and heard his word?
19. See, the storm of the Lordwill burst out in wrath,a whirlwind swirling downon the heads of the wicked.
20. The anger of the Lord will not turn backuntil he fully accomplishesthe purposes of his heart.In days to comeyou will understand it clearly.
21. I did not send these prophets,yet they have run with their message;I did not speak to them,yet they have prophesied.
22. But if they had stood in my council,they would have proclaimed my words to my peopleand would have turned them from their evil waysand from their evil deeds.
23. ‘Am I only a God nearby,’declares the Lord,‘and not a God far away?
24. Who can hide in secret placesso that I cannot see them?’declares the Lord.‘Do not I fill heaven and earth?’declares the Lord.
25. ‘I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”
26. How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?
27. They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.
28. Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?’ declares the Lord.