11. For both prophet and priest are profane;indeed, in My house I have found their wickedness,says the Lord.
12. Therefore their way will be as slippery ways to them;they shall be driven into the darknessand fall in it;for I will bring disaster upon them,even the year of their punishment,says the Lord.
13. In addition, I have seen follyin the prophets of Samaria.They prophesied by Baaland caused My people Israel to err.
14. I have seen also among the prophets of Jerusalema horrible thing.They commit adultery and walk in lies.They also strengthen the hands of evildoers,so that no one repents from his wickedness.All of them are as Sodom to Meand her inhabitants as Gomorrah.
15. Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts concerning the prophets: “I will feed them with wormwoodand make them drink the water of gall,for from the prophets of Jerusalemprofaneness has gone out into all the land.”
16. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.They lead you into vanity;they speak a vision of their own heartand not out of the mouth of the Lord.
17. They still say to those who despise Me,“The Lord has said, ‘You will have peace’ ”;and they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart,“No evil will come upon you.”
18. For who has stood in the counsel of the Lordand has perceived and heard His word?Who has given heed to His word and listened to it?