Shocking and horrible deeds have been done in the land;

the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands, and My people have loved it! And what will you do for the future?

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, divinations, and worthless things, and devices of their own heart.

Therefore behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused My people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not. Therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, and you shall prophesy, and shall say to them, Hear the word of the Lord:

Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes in the deserts.

whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and your widows are multiplied in the midst of you.

everyone judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother; and one will say,

The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also; sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined; they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved.

Their heads have judged for gifts, and their priests have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? No evil shall come upon us.

Her prophets are insolent and scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master, the [One] having bought them, and bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

And many will follow after their debaucheries, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Inquire now among the nations, who has heard such horrible things as [what] the virgin of Israel has done?

because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and [because] they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow citizens, and spoke a word in My name, which I did not command them [to speak], and I am witness, says the Lord.

having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart having been trained in greediness, they are accursed children.

but he was rebuked for his own lawlessness: a dumb donkey speaking with the voice of a man restrained the madness of the prophet.

For when they speak haughty [words] of emptiness, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, those who are escaping from those who are living in error,

They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon you.

I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in My name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.

How long shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?

Therefore behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused My people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not. Therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, divinations, and worthless things, and devices of their own heart.

whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and your widows are multiplied in the midst of you.

whose coming is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

And because of this, God will send them strong delusion, in order for them to believe the lie,

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been seared with a hot iron [as to] their own conscience,

Then the Beast was apprehended, and with him the False Prophet who had performed the signs before him, by which he had deceived those who received the mark of the Beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and sinners, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all who are false shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

But outside are dogs and drug users and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices a lie.

Because you have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and [that] in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:

therefore you shall not see false [visions], and you shall no more utter prophecies; but I will deliver My people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has been increased towards Me, and their sins are very great.

For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and their vinebranch of Gomorrah: their grape [is] a grape of gall, their cluster [is] one of bitterness.

And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrah.

Your elder sister who dwells on your left hand is Samaria, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, that dwells on your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

[As] I live, says the Lord, this Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

And they boasted, and worked iniquities before Me: so I cut them off as I saw [fit].

You therefore bear your punishment, for that you have corrupted your sisters by your sins which you have committed beyond them; and you have made them [appear] more righteous than yourself: you therefore be ashamed, and bear your dishonor, in that you have justified your sisters.

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Take this to heart, I pray.

But I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."

and reducing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, He condemned [them] to destruction, having made [them] an example who were to be ungodly,

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to fornication and having gone after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

And their corpse [will lie] on the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.