5 Behold the days come saith the LORD that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth
6 In his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
7 Therefore behold the days come saith the LORD that they shall no more say The LORD liveth which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt 8 But The LORD liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country and from all countries whither I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own land
9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets all my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath overcome because of the LORD and because of the words of his holiness
10 For the land is full of adulterers for because of swearing the land mourneth the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up and their course is evil and their force is not right
11 For both prophet and priest are profane yea in my house have I found their wickedness saith the LORD
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness they shall be driven on and fall therein for I will bring evil upon them even the year of their visitation saith the LORD
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria they prophesied in Baal and caused my people Israel to err
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing they commit adultery and walk in lies they strengthen also the hands of evildoers that none doth return from his wickedness they are all of them unto me as Sodom and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets Behold I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink the water of gall for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land
16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you they make you vain they speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the LORD
17 They say still unto them that despise me The LORD hath said Ye shall have peace and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart No evil shall come upon you
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD and hath perceived and heard his word who hath marked his word and heard it
19 Behold a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury even a grievous whirlwind it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return until he have executed and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly
21 I have not sent these prophets yet they ran I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied
22 But if they had stood in my counsel and had caused my people to hear my words then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings
23 Am I a God at hand saith the LORD and not a God afar off
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the LORD Do not I fill heaven and earth saith the LORD
25 I have heard what the prophets said that prophesy lies in my name saying I have dreamed I have dreamed 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies yea they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal 28 The prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully What is the chaff to the wheat saith the LORD 29 Is not my word like as a fire saith the LORD and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces 30 Therefore behold I am against the prophets saith the LORD that steal my words every one from his neighbour 31 Behold I am against the prophets saith the LORD that use their tongues and say He saith 32 Behold I am against them that prophesy false. dreams saith the LORD and do tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their lightness yet I sent them not nor commanded them therefore they shall not profit this people at all saith the LORD
33 And when this people or the prophet or a priest shall ask thee saying What is the burden of the LORD thou shalt then say unto them What burden I will even forsake you saith the LORD 34 And as for the prophet and the priest and the people that shall say The burden of the LORD I will even punish that man and his house 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour and every one to his brother What hath the LORD answered and What hath the LORD spoken 36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more for every man's word shall be his burden for ye have perverted the words of the living God of the LORD of hosts our God 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet What hath the LORD answered thee and What hath the LORD spoken 38 But since ye say The burden of the LORD therefore thus saith the LORD Because ye say this word The burden of the LORD and I have sent unto you saying Ye shall not say The burden of the LORD 39 Therefore behold I even I will utterly forget you and I will forsake you and the city that I gave you and your fathers and cast you out of my presence 40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you and a perpetual shame which shall not be forgotten
