[29] “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? [30] “Therefore,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me. [31] Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The LORD declares.’ [32] Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the LORD. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the LORD. [33] “When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the message from the LORD?’ say to them, ‘What message? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’ [34] If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, ‘This is a message from the LORD,’ I will punish them and their household.
