“ Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.

“看哪，你们倚靠虚谎无益的话。

“看哪，你们倚靠虚谎无益的话语。

“看哪，你们倚靠虚谎无益的话语。

“‘然而，你们竟相信那些空洞的谎言。

“可是，你们竟然倚靠虚谎无益的话。

「看哪，你們倚靠虛謊無益的話。

「看哪，你們倚靠虛謊無益的話語。

「看哪，你們倚靠虛謊無益的話語。

「『然而，你們竟相信那些空洞的謊言。

“可是，你們竟然倚靠虛謊無益的話。

『但是你看，你們竟然倚靠虛假的話無所受益。

惟爾恃無益之虛詞、

人述虛誕、無益於事、爾乃信之、

今爾信無益之虛詞、

But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

But look! You are trusting in worthless lies.

“ Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

“‘ Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It’s a lie!

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

“ Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

“‘ But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

Because you have said,“ We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, It will not come to us, For we have made lies our refuge, And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”

They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying,‘ Thus says the Lord!’ But the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say,‘ The Lord says,’ but I have not spoken.”Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:“ Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord GOD.“ My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.“ Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying,‘ Peace!’ when there is no peace— and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar—say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you,‘ Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?’”Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:“ I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.“ Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you,‘ The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it,that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’” says the Lord God.

How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.

Who say to the seers,“ Do not see,” And to the prophets,“ Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying,‘ You shall have peace,’ Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.“ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:‘ Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, And make them drink the water of gall; For from the prophets of Jerusalem Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’”Thus says the Lord of hosts:“ Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, Not from the mouth of the Lord.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord,“ and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all,” says the Lord.

Do not trust in these lying words, saying,‘ The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Then I said,“ Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them,‘ You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”And the Lord said to me,“ The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.