¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me, “The ^(A)prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. ^(B)I have neither sent them nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a ^(C)false vision, divination, futility, and the deception of their own ^[a]minds. ¹⁵ Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—^(D)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!

⁸ For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your ^(A)prophets who are in your midst or your diviners ^(B)deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of ^(C)your dreams which you dream. ⁹ For they ^(D)prophesy falsely to you in My name; ^(E)I have not sent them,’ declares the Lord.

The Appearance of False Prophets

2 But ^(A)false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be ^(B)false teachers ^(C)among you, who will ^(D)secretly introduce ^(E)destructive heresies, even ^(F)denying the ^(G)Master who ^(H)bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.