Thus saith the Lord, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets People are under no religious obligation to hear what is contrary to the revealed will of God, or to obey those who enjoin things which that does not require. They make you vain Or rather, they deceive you, as the words may be properly rendered: or they make you trust to and undertake vain things. The inhabitants of Jerusalem were fed by these false prophets with the vain hopes of being able to drive the Babylonians from their walls, and raise the siege of the city; yea, and of shaking off the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar entirely, and being quite free for the future. They speak a vision of their own heart A pretended vision which they have framed themselves. They say still That is, they persist to say; unto them that despise me That are destitute even of my fear, and therefore slight my authority, and violate my commands; The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace Whereas, in truth, I have said the contrary, and have assured them, There is no peace to the wicked Thus they both make me to patronise sin, and to contradict myself.
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Jeremiah 23:16-17
16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imaginationd of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.