Jeremiah 14:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ The Lord answered:

They claim to speak for me, but they're lying! I didn't even speak to them, much less choose them to be my prophets. Their messages come from worthless dreams, useless fortunetelling, and their own imaginations.

¹⁵ Those lying prophets say there will be peace and plenty of food. But I say that those same prophets will die from war and hunger. ¹⁶ And everyone who listens to them will be killed, just as they deserve. Their dead bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, because their families will also be dead, and no one will be left to bury them.^[a]