^{11 Ref} For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

^{12 Ref} 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 Ref} And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

^{14 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.