19. Behold, that the whirlwind of the Lord shall go forth with fury, and the whirlwind which is ready shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20. The anger of the Lord shall not return until he has executed and until he has performed the thoughts of his heart: in the last of the days ye shall understand it with understanding.
21. I did not send those prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22. But if they had stood in my secret, they would also have caused my people to hear my words, and they would have caused them to return from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
23. Am I a God of the near only, said the Lord, and not a God of the far?
24. Can any hide himself in hiding places that I shall not see him? said the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? said the Lord.
25. I have heard what those prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies and that prophesy the deceit of their own heart?
27. Do they not think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which each one tells his neighbour, so much that their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal?
28. The prophet with whom the dream came, let him tell the dream; and he with whom my word came, let him speak my true word. What is the chaff to the wheat? said the Lord.
29. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words each one from his neighbour.
31. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that sweeten their tongues and say, He said.
32. Behold, I am against those that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and did tell them, and caused my people to err by their lies, and by their flattery; yet I did not send them, nor command them; and they did not profit this people at all, said the Lord.
33. And when this people or the prophet or the priest shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will forsake you, said the Lord.
34. And as for the prophet and the priest and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will visit upon that man and upon his house.