Jeremiah 23:9-22

Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me,  and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the  LORD, because of his holy words. For the land is full of adulterers;  the land mourns  because of the curse,  and the grazing lands in the wilderness have dried up. Their way of life  has become evil, and their power is not rightly used because both prophet and priest are ungodly,  even in my house  I have found their evil. This is the  LORD’s declaration. Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom.  They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment.  This is the  LORD’s declaration. Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgusting: They prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.  Among the prophets of Jerusalem also I saw a horrible thing:  They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, and none turns his back on evil. They are all like Sodom  to me; Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah. Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies says concerning the prophets: I am about to feed them wormwood  and give them poisoned water to drink,  for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness  has spread throughout the land. This is what the LORD of Armies says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you. They speak visions from their own minds,  not from the LORD’s mouth.  They keep on saying to those who despise me,  ‘The LORD has spoken: You will have peace.’  They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ ” For who has stood in the council  of the  LORD to see and hear his word? Who has paid attention to his word and obeyed? Look, a storm from the  LORD!  Wrath has gone out, a whirling storm. It will whirl about the heads of the wicked. The LORD’s anger will not turn away  until he has completely fulfilled the purposes of his heart. In time to come you will understand it clearly.  I did not send out these prophets,  yet they ran.  I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. If they had really stood in my council, they would have enabled my people to hear my words and would have turned them from their evil ways and their evil deeds.