8 The priests themselves did not say, ‘Where is Jehovah?’+ And the very ones handling the law did not know me;+ and the shepherds themselves transgressed* against me,+ and even the prophets prophesied by Baʹal,+ and after those who could bring no benefit they walked.+

12 “They have denied Jehovah, and they keep saying, ‘He is not.+ And upon us no calamity will come, and no sword or famine shall we see.’+

31 The prophets themselves actually prophesy in falsehood;+ and as for the priests, they go subduing according to their powers.*+ And my own people have loved [it] that way;+ and what will YOU men do in the finale of it?”+

16 This is what Jehovah of armies has said: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to YOU people.+ They are making YOU become vain.+ The vision of their own heart is what they speak+—not from the mouth of Jehovah.+

14 And do not listen to the words of the prophets that are saying to YOU men, ‘YOU will not serve the king of Babylon,’+ because falsehood is what they are prophesying to YOU.+

9 For ‘it is in falsehood that they are prophesying to YOU in my name. I have not sent them,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah.”’”

2 “Son of man, prophesy concerning the prophets of Israel who are prophesying,+ and you must say to those prophesying out of their own heart,+ ‘Hear the word of Jehovah.+