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"I have ^(C1)heard what the prophets have said who ^(C2)prophesy falsely in My name, saying, 'I had a ^(C3)dream, I had a dream!'

"How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the ^(C1)deceitfulness of their own heart,

who intend to ^(C1)make My people forget My name by their dreams which they report to one another, just as their fathers ^(C2)forgot My name because of Baal?

"The prophet who has a dream may report his dream, but let him who has ^(C1)My word speak My word truthfully. ^(C2)What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD.

"Is My word not like ^(C1)fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a ^(C2)hammer which shatters a rock?

"Therefore behold, ^(C1)I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other.

"Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who ^(F1)use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares!'

"Behold, I am against those who have prophesied ^(C1)false dreams," declares the LORD, "and reported them and led My people astray by their lies and ^(C2)reckless boasting; yet ^(C3)I did not send them nor command them, nor do they ^(C4)provide this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD.