Isa 9:15-16, Jer 2:8, 5:31, 6:13-14, 8:10-11, 14:13-15, 23:11-17 | ESV | STEP | the elder and honored man is the head , and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail ;

15 ^athe elder and honored man is the head,
and ^bthe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 2:8

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

Jeremiah 5:31

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

Jeremiah 6:13-14

13 ^j“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^kis greedy for unjust gain;
and from ^lprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ^m‘Peace, peace,’
ⁿwhen there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:10-11

10 ^oTherefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone ^pis greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11 They have healed ^qthe wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 14:13-15

Lying Prophets

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^rsay 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 ^sprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^tI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^uworthless divination, and ^vthe deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^wI did not send them, and who say, ^x‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^yBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.

Jeremiah 23:11-17

11 ^z“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even ^aain my house I have found their evil,

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

declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of ^aeSamaria
^afI saw an unsavory thing:
^agthey prophesied by Baal
^ahand led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
^aithey commit adultery and walk in lies;
^ajthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
^akall of them have become like Sodom to me,
^aland its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
^am“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
^anand give them ^aopoisoned 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, ^apfilling you with vain hopes. ^aqThey 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, ^ar‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who ^asstubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ^at‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”