¹³ And I replied, ‘Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, “You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you lasting peace in this place.” ’^(A)

¹⁶ This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you. They speak visions from their own minds,^(A) not from the Lord’s mouth.^(B)

¹⁷ They keep on saying to those who despise me,^(A) “The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.”^(B) They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, “No harm will come to you.” ’

¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and all these people, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do not listen to the words of your prophets. They are prophesying to you, claiming, ‘Look, very soon now the articles of the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon.’^(A) They are prophesying a lie to you.

² ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.^(A)