Jer 5:31, 6:13, 14:14, 23:11-21, Lam 2:14, Eze 22:26-28, Mic 3:11-12 | ESV | STEP | the prophets prophesy falsely , and the priests rule at their direction ; my people love to have it so , but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 5:31

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

Jeremiah 6:13

13 ^c“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^dis greedy for unjust gain;
and from ^eprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 14:14

14 And the Lord said to me: “The ^fprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^gI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^hworthless divination, and ⁱthe deceit of their own minds.

Jeremiah 23:11-21

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

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

declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of ^oSamaria
^pI saw an unsavory thing:
^qthey prophesied by Baal
^rand led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
^sthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
^tthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
^uall of them have become like Sodom to me,
^vand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
^w“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
^xand give them ^ypoisoned 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, ^zfilling you with vain hopes. ^aaThey 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, ^ab‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who ^acstubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ^ad‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”

18 For ^aewho 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 ^afBehold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
^aga whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
20 ^ahThe anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and ^aiaccomplished
the intents of his heart.
^ajIn the latter days you will understand it clearly.
21 ^ak“I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.

Lamentations 2:14

14 ^alYour prophets have seen for you
false and deceptive visions;
^amthey have not exposed your iniquity
to ^anrestore your fortunes,
^aobut have seen for you ^aporacles
that are false and misleading.

Ezekiel 22:26-28

26 ^aqHer priests ^arhave done violence to my law and ^ashave profaned my holy things. ^atThey have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^authey have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^avso that I am profaned among them. 27 ^awHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^axtearing the prey, ^ayshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And ^azher prophets have smeared whitewash for them, ^baseeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Micah 3:11-12

11 ^bbIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^bcits priests teach for a price;
^bdits prophets practice divination for money;
^beyet they lean on the Lord and ^bfsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^bgNo disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
^bhZion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^bishall become a heap of ruins,
and ^bjthe mountain of the house ^bka wooded height.