16 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

‘Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;
    they fill you with false hopes.
They speak visions from their own minds,
    not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 They keep saying to those who despise me,
    “The Lord says: you will have peace.”
And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts
    they say, “No harm will come to you.”
18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?

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