⁷ For ^(A)what great nation is there that has a god ^(B)so near to it as is the Lord our God ^(C)whenever we call on Him?

²⁵ “I have ^(D)heard what the prophets have said who ^(E)prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a ^(F)dream, I had a dream!’ ²⁶ How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the ^(G)deceitfulness of their own heart, ²⁷ who intend to ^(H)make My people forget My name by their dreams which they report to one another, just as their fathers ^(I)forgot My name because of Baal? ²⁸ The prophet who has a dream may report his dream, but let him who has ^(J)My word speak My word truthfully. ^(K)What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord. ²⁹ “Is My word not like ^(L)fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a ^(M)hammer which shatters a rock? ³⁰ Therefore behold, ^(N)I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who steal My words from each other. ³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the Lord, “who ^[a]use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares!’ ³² Behold, I am against those who have prophesied ^(O)false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and ^(P)reckless boasting; yet ^(Q)I did not send them nor command them, nor do they ^(R)provide this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

³³ “Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you, saying, ‘What is the ^[b](S)pronouncement of the Lord?’ then you shall say to them, ‘What ^[c]pronouncement?’ The Lord declares, ‘I will ^(T)abandon you.’ ³⁴ Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, ‘The ^(U)pronouncement of the Lord,’ I will bring punishment upon that person and his household. ³⁵ This is what each one of you will say to his neighbor and to his brother: ‘^(V)What has the Lord answered?’ or, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ ³⁶ For you will no longer remember the pronouncement of the Lord, because every person’s own word will become the pronouncement, and you have ^(W)perverted the words of the ^(X)living God, the Lord of armies, our God. ³⁷ This is what you will say to that prophet: ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ and, ‘What has the Lord spoken?’ ³⁸ And if you say, ‘The pronouncement of the Lord!’ for that reason the Lord says this: ‘Because you said this word, “The pronouncement of the Lord!” I have also sent word to you, saying, “You shall not say, ‘The pronouncement of the Lord!’”’ ³⁹ Therefore behold, ^(Y)I will certainly forget you and thrust you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers. ⁴⁰ I will put an everlasting ^(Z)disgrace on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten.”

¹⁷ yet ^(A)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^(B)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, ^[a]satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”