27. They tell one another their dreams. They think that will make my people forget my name. In the same way, their people of long ago forgot my name when they worshiped Baal.
28. "Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream. But let the one who has my message speak it faithfully. Your prophets have given you straw to eat instead of grain," announces the Lord.
29. "My message is like fire," announces the Lord. "It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces.
30. "So I am against those prophets," announces the Lord. "I am against those who steal messages from one another. They claim that the messages come from me.
31. "Yes," announces the Lord. "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues but still say, 'Here is what the Lord says.'
32. I am against prophets who talk about dreams that did not come from me," announces the Lord. "They tell foolish lies. Their lies lead my people down the wrong path. "But I did not send those prophets. I did not appoint them. They do not help my people in the least," announces the Lord.
33. "Jeremiah, those people might ask you a question. Or a prophet or priest might do it. They might ask, 'What message have you received from the Lord?' "Then tell them, 'You ask, "What message?" Here it is. "I will desert you," announces the Lord.'
34. "A prophet or priest might make a claim. Or someone else might do it. He might claim, 'I have received a message from the Lord.' Then I will punish him and his family.