Isa 9:15, 56:10-12, Jer 5:31, 6:13-14, 8:10, 14:13-15, 23:9-17, 25-27 | ESV | STEP | the elder and honored man is the head , and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail ;

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

Jeremiah 5:31

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

Jeremiah 6:13-14

13 ^l“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^mis greedy for unjust gain;
and from ⁿprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ^o‘Peace, peace,’
^pwhen there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:10

10 ^qTherefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone ^ris greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 14:13-15

Lying Prophets

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^ssay to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” 14 And the Lord said to me: “The ^tprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^uI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^vworthless divination, and ^wthe deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^xI did not send them, and who say, ^y‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^zBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.

Jeremiah 23:9-17

Lying Prophets

9 Concerning the prophets:

^aaMy heart is broken within me;
^aball 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 ^acFor the land is full of adulterers;
^adbecause of the curse ^aethe land mourns,
and ^afthe pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
^agTheir course is evil,
and their might is not right.
11 ^ah“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even ^aiin my house I have found their evil,

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

declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of ^amSamaria
^anI saw an unsavory thing:
^aothey prophesied by Baal
^apand led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
^aqthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
^arthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
^asall of them have become like Sodom to me,
^atand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
^au“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
^avand give them ^awpoisoned 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, ^axfilling you with vain hopes. ^ayThey 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, ^az‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who ^bastubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ^bb‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

Jeremiah 23:25-27

25 I have heard what the prophets have said ^bcwho prophesy lies in my name, saying, ^bd‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of ^bethe prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to make my people forget my name ^bfby their dreams that they tell one another, even as their ^bgfathers forgot my name for Baal?