And the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the ^aprophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘^bHear the word of the LORD! 3 Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe (judgment is coming) to the ^afoolish prophets who are following their own spirit claiming to have seen things but have in fact ^bseen nothing. 4 O Israel, your prophets have been like ¹foxes among the ruins. 5 You have not ^agone up into the gaps or ^bbreaches, nor built the wall around the house of Israel that it might stand in the battle on the ^cday of the LORD. 6 They have seen ^afalsehood and lying divination, saying, ‘The LORD says,’ but the LORD has not sent them. ^bYet they hope and make men to hope for the confirmation of their word. 7 ^aDid you not see (make up) a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The LORD declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”

8 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have spoken empty and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, ^aI am against you,” says the Lord GOD. 9 “So My hand will be against the counterfeit ^aprophets who see (make up) empty and delusive visions and who give lying prophecies. They will have no place in the secret council of My people, ^bnor will they be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter into the land of Israel, that you may know without any doubt that I am the Lord GOD. 10 It is definitely because they have ^aseduced My people, saying, ‘^bPeace,’ when there is ^cno peace, and because when one builds a flimsy wall, behold, these lying prophets plaster it over with whitewash; 11 so tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall! A ^aflooding rain of judgment will come, and you, O great hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will tear the wall apart. 12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, ‘Where is the coating with which you prophets plastered it?’” 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great ^ahailstones to destroy that wall in wrath. 14 So I will tear down the wall which you have plastered with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its ^afoundations will be exposed; when it falls, you will ^bperish in its midst. And you shall ^cknow and understand fully that I am the LORD. 15 Thus I will expend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with whitewash and I will say to you, ‘The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone, 16 along with the false prophets of Israel who prophesy deceitfully to Jerusalem, and who ^asee false visions of peace for her when there is ^bno peace,’ says the Lord GOD.

17 “Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are ^aprophesying ^bout of the wishful thinking of their own mind (inspiration) . Prophesy against them 18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe to the women who fasten magic (protective) charms on all wrists and make veils for the heads of those of every stature to ^acapture human lives! Will you capture the lives of My people but keep your own? 19 You have profaned Me among My people in payment ^afor handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die and ^bgiving a guarantee of life to those who should not live, because of your lies to My people who pay attention to lies.”’”

20 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against your magic bands and veils by which you hunt human lives as birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the lives you hunt go free, even those lives whom you hunt as birds. 21 I will also tear off your pagan veils and ^arescue My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your grip to be hunted and trapped. Then you will know without any doubt that I am the LORD. 22 Because you ^adisheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have ^bencouraged the wicked not to ^cturn from his wicked way and preserve his life, 23 therefore, you women will no longer see ^afalse visions or practice divinations, and I will ^brescue My people from your hand. Then you will ^cknow without any doubt that I am the LORD.”