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15 So I, the Lord Almighty,
    say this about these prophets:
I will cause them to have much pain and trouble.
    They will eat bitter food.
    They will drink water that is poison.
It is because of Jerusalem's prophets
    that people do wicked things everywhere in the land.’

16 The Lord Almighty says to the people,

‘Do not listen to the messages that the prophets are telling you.
    They are only deceiving you.
They speak about visions that are their own ideas.
    They do not speak a message that comes from the Lord himself.
17 When people refuse to listen to me,
    the prophets still encourage them.
They say to them,
    “The Lord will give you peace.”
When people refuse to change their wicked way of life,
    the prophets tell them,
    “Nothing bad will happen to you.”

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