1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination, 'Hear the word of the LORD: 3 This is what the sovereign LORD says, Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 Your prophets are like jackals scavenging through the ruins, O Israel. 5 You have not gone up into the breaches in the wall, nor repaired the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD. 6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, "The LORD says;" but the LORD has not sent them, yet they expect that bogus word to be fulfilled. 7 Have you not seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination, when you say, "The LORD says;" although I have not spoken? 8 "Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Because you have spoken falsehood, and envisioned lies, therefore I am against you, says the sovereign LORD. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not be in the council of my people, neither will they be written in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter into the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign LORD. 10 Because they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace; and when someone slaps up a wall, they coat it with whitewash. 11 Tell those who coat it with whitewash, that it will fall. There will be a torrential downpour; and great hailstones will fall; and a strong wind will knock it down. 12 When the wall falls, will you not be asked, "Where is the whitewash you plastered it with?" 13 "Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: I will let loose a storm in my wrath; and there will be a torrential downpour in mine anger with great hailstones in wrath to destroy it. 14 So I will break down the wall that you plastered with whitewash, and knock it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be exposed. When it falls you will be crushed beneath it. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus I will vent my wrath on the wall, and on those who have plastered it with whitewash; and I will say to you, 'The wall is gone along with those who whitewashed it, 16 those prophets of Israel that prophesied concerning Jerusalem, and who have envisioned peace for her, when there was no peace, says the sovereign LORD.'" 17 "Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own imagination; and prophesy against them, 18 Say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women that sew bands on their wrists, and make veils for the head of all sizes, who hunt human lives! Will you hunt down the lives of my people, and save your own lives alive? 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for crumbs of bread. You have slain the lives of those who should not die, and save the lives of those who should not live, by your lying to my people who hearken to lies. 20 Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: I am against your wristbands by which you ensnare the lives of my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms and I will let their lives go, even the lives that you hunt like birds. 21 I will rip off your veils, and deliver my people from your hands; they will no longer fall as prey into your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 22 Because you have discouraged the righteous with lies, whom I have not made sad; and you have encouraged the hands of the wicked, that he should not turn from his wicked way and save their lives. 23 Therefore you will no longer see false visions, or practice divinations. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"