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 thus says the Lord 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 ^[b]meet their end!

⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your ^(A)prophets who are in your midst and your diviners ^(B)deceive you, and do not listen to ^[a](C)the dreams which ^[b]they dream. ⁹ For they ^(D)prophesy falsely to you in My name; ^(E)I have not sent them,’ declares the Lord.

The Rise of False Prophets

2 But ^(A)false prophets also arose 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.