17 The Lord said to me, "What they are saying is good.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you. He will be one of their own people. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him to say.
19 "The prophet will speak in my name. But someone might not listen to what I say through the prophet. Then that person will be accountable to me.
20 "But suppose a prophet dares to speak in my name something I have not commanded him to say. Or he speaks in the name of other gods. Then that prophet must be put to death."
21 You will say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message hasn't been spoken by the Lord?"