¹ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ² Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say you to them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear you the word of the LORD; ³ So says the Lord GOD; Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! ⁴ O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. ⁵ You have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. ⁶ They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD says: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. ⁷ Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD says it; albeit I have not spoken? ⁸ Therefore so says the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, see, I am against you, says the Lord GOD. ⁹ And mine hand will be on the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they will not be in the assembly of my people, neither will they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither will they enter into the land of Israel; and you will know that I am the Lord GOD. ¹⁰ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered [morter] ¹¹ Say to them which daub it with untempered morter, that it will fall: there will be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones , will fall; and a stormy wind will rend [it]. ¹² Lo, when the wall is fallen, will it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed [it]? ¹³ Therefore so says the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there will be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume [it]. ¹⁴ So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation of it will be discovered, and it will fall, and you will be consumed in the midst of it: and you will know that I am the LORD. ¹⁵ So will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say to you, The wall is no more, neither those daubed it; ¹⁶ To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord GOD. ¹⁷ Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy you against them, ¹⁸ And say, So says the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes , and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and will you save the souls alive [that come] to you? ¹⁹ And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? ²⁰ why so says the Lord GOD; See, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that you hunt to make them fly. ²¹ Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they will be no more in your hand to be hunted; and you will know that I am the LORD. ²² Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, who I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life ²³ Therefore you will see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and you will know that I am the LORD.