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12 Youths oppress my people,(A)
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.(B)

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15 The head is the elder, the honoured one;(A)
the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.(B)
16 The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.[a]

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  1. 9:16 Or are confused

14 But the Lord said to me, ‘These prophets are prophesying a lie in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit(A) of their own minds.(B)

15 ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, though I did not send them, and who say, “There will never be sword or famine in this land.” By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.

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