Jeremiah 23:14-32

New International Version

¹⁴ And among the prophets of Jerusalem
    I have seen something horrible:^(A)
    They commit adultery and live a lie.^(B)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,^(C)
    so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.^(D)
They are all like Sodom^(E) to me;
    the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”^(F)

“I will make them eat bitter food
    and drink poisoned water,^(G)
because from the prophets of Jerusalem
    ungodliness^(H) has spread throughout the land.”

“Do not listen^(I) to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions^(J) from their own minds,
    not from the mouth^(K) of the Lord.
¹⁷ They keep saying^(L) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(M)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(N) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(O) will come to you.’
¹⁸ But which of them has stood in the council^(P) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
¹⁹ See, the storm^(Q) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind^(R) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.
²⁰ The anger^(S) of the Lord will not turn back^(T)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand it clearly.
²¹ I did not send^(U) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
²² But if they had stood in my council,^(V)
    they would have proclaimed^(W) my words to my people
and would have turned^(X) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.^(Y)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(Z)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
²⁴ Who can hide^(AA) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”^(AB)
declares the Lord.