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23.22 :But if they have stood in My council,
 * Then let them cause My people to hear My words,
 * And turn them from their evil way,
 * And from the evil of their doings.


 * Am I a God near at hand, saith the ,
 * And not a God afar off?
 * Can any hide himself in secret places
 * That I shall not see him? saith the.
 * Do not I fill heaven and earth?
 * Saith the.
 * I have heard what the prophets have said,
 * That prophesy lies in My name, saying:
 * 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
 * How long shall this be?
 * Is it in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies,
 * And the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
 * That think to cause My people to forget My name
 * By their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour,
 * As their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
 * The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream;
 * And he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully.
 * What hath the straw to do with the wheat?
 * Saith the.
 * Is not My word like as fire?
 * Saith the ;
 * And like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the, that steal My words every one from his neighbour. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the, that use there tongues and say: 'He saith.' Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith the , and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their wantonness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither can they profit this people at all, saith the.

And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the ?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the .' And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say: 'The burden of the ', I will even punish that man and his house. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: 'What hath the answered?' and: 'What hath the  spoken?' And the burden of the  shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden; and would ye pervert the words of the living God, of the  of hosts our God? Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the answered thee?' and: 'What hath the  spoken?' But if ye say: 'The burden of the '; therefore thus saith the : Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the ', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the '; therefore, behold, I will utterly tear you out, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from My presence; and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten

The showed me, and behold two baskets of figs set before the temple of the ; after