Isa 56:10-12, Jer 2:8, 5:31, 8:9, 10:8, 14, 12:10, 23:9-32, Eze 22:25-30 | ESV | STEP | His watchmen are blind ; they are all without knowledge ; they are all silent dogs ; they cannot bark , dreaming , lying down , loving to slumber .

10 ^aHis watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent ^bdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 ^cThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But ^dthey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
^eeach to his own gain, one and all.
12 ^f“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
^gand tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”

Jeremiah 2:8

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
^hThose who handle the law did not know me;
ⁱthe shepherds ^{▼▼Or rulers} transgressed against me;
^kthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after ^lthings that do not profit.

Jeremiah 5:31

31 ^mthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
ⁿmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 8:9

9 ^oThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^pand taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 10:8

8 ^qThey are both ^rstupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!

Jeremiah 10:14

14 ^sEvery man is stupid and without knowledge;
^tevery goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
for his images are false,
^uand there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 12:10

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;
^vthey have trampled down my portion;
they have made my pleasant portion
a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah 23:9-32

Lying Prophets

9 Concerning the prophets:

^wMy heart is broken within me;
^xall my bones shake;
I am like a drunken man,
like a man overcome by wine,
because of the Lord
and because of his holy words.
10 ^yFor the land is full of adulterers;
^zbecause of the curse ^aathe land mourns,
and ^abthe pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
^acTheir course is evil,
and their might is not right.
11 ^ad“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even ^aein my house I have found their evil,

declares the Lord.
12 ^afTherefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths ^agin the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
^ahin the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of ^aiSamaria
^ajI saw an unsavory thing:
^akthey prophesied by Baal
^aland led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
^amthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
^anthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
^aoall of them have become like Sodom to me,
^apand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
^aq“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
^arand give them ^aspoisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, ^atfilling you with vain hopes. ^auThey speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. 17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, ^av‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who ^awstubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ^ax‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

18 For ^aywho among them has stood in the council of the Lord
to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened?
19 ^azBehold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
^baa whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
20 ^bbThe anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and ^bcaccomplished
the intents of his heart.
^bdIn the latter days you will understand it clearly.
21 ^be“I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
22 ^bfBut if they had stood in my council,
then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
^bgand they would have turned them from their evil way,
and ^bhfrom the evil of their deeds.
23 ^bi“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? 24 ^bjCan a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. ^bkDo I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. 25 I have heard what the prophets have said ^blwho prophesy lies in my name, saying, ^bm‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of ^bnthe prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to make my people forget my name ^boby their dreams that they tell one another, even as their ^bpfathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 ^bqLet the prophet who has a dream ^brtell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. ^bsWhat has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 ^btIs not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and ^bulike a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 ^bvTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’ 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and ^bwlead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when ^bxI did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:25-30

25 ^byThe conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is ^bzlike a roaring lion ^catearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 ^cbHer priests ^cchave done violence to my law and ^cdhave profaned my holy things. ^ceThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^cfthey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^cgso that I am profaned among them. 27 ^chHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^citearing the prey, ^cjshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^ckher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^clseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land ^cmhave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^cnhave extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 ^coAnd I sought for a man among them ^cpwho should build up the wall ^cqand stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.