1. Then the word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!
3. This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!
4. Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel.
5. You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.
6. They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.
7. Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?
8. “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord.