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The word of the Lord came to me:
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Mortal, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying; say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: "Hear the word of the Lord!"
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Thus says the Lord God, Alas for the senseless prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
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Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel.
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You have not gone up into the breaches, or repaired a wall for the house of Israel, so that it might stand in battle on the day of the Lord.
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They have envisioned falsehood and lying divination; they say, "Says the Lord," when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they wait for the fulfillment of their word!
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Have you not seen a false vision or uttered a lying divination, when you have said, "Says the Lord," even though I did not speak?
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Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have uttered falsehood and envisioned lies, I am against you, says the Lord God.