¹⁷ “Now, son of man, set your face^(A) against the daughters^(B) of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them^(C)

¹⁶ This is what the Lord Almighty says:

¹⁹ Where are your prophets^(A) who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

²⁸ Her prophets whitewash^(A) these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.^(B) They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.^(C)