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?
19. Look, a whirlwind of the Lordhas gone forth in fury,a tempestuous whirlwind.It will fall tempestuously upon the head of the wicked.
20. The anger of the Lord will not turn backuntil He has executed and performedthe thoughts of His heart.In the latter daysyou will understand it perfectly.
21. I have not sent these prophets,yet they ran.I have not spoken to them,yet they prophesied.
22. But if they had stood in My counseland had caused My people to hear My words,then they would have turned them from their evil wayand from the evil of their deeds.
23. Am I a God who is near,says the Lord,and not a God far off?
24. Can a man hide himself in secret placesso that I do not see him?says the Lord.Do I not fill heaven and earth?says the Lord.
25. I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, “I had a dream, I had a dream!”
26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
27. who plan to cause My people to forget My name by their dreams, which they tell to their neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten My name for Baal.
28. The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream. And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.
29. Is not My word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30. See, therefore I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who steal My words, each from his neighbor.