15 Therefore, this is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets:“I will feed them with bitternessand give them poison to drink.For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophetsthat wickedness has filled this land.”
16 This is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies says to his people:“Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you,filling you with futile hopes.They are making up everything they say.They do not speak for the lord!
17 They keep saying to those who despise my word,‘Don’t worry! The lord says you will have peace!’And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires,they say, ‘No harm will come your way!’
18 “Have any of these prophets been in the lord’s presenceto hear what he is really saying?Has even one of them cared enough to listen?
19 Look! The lord’s anger bursts out like a storm,a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.
20 The anger of the lord will not diminishuntil it has finished all he has planned.In the days to comeyou will understand all this very clearly.
21 “I have not sent these prophets,yet they run around claiming to speak for me.I have given them no message,yet they go on prophesying.