Jeremiah 23:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵ You prophets in Jerusalem
    have spread evil everywhere.
That's why I, the Lord, promise
to give you bitter poison
    to eat and drink.

¹⁶ Don't listen to the lies
of these false prophets,
    you people of Judah!
The message they preach
    is something they imagined;
it did not come from me,
    the Lord All-Powerful.
¹⁷ These prophets go to people
    who refuse to respect me
and who are stubborn
    and do whatever they please.
The prophets tell them,
“The Lord has promised
    everything will be fine.”