Woebe unto the pastorsthat destroyand scatterthe sheepof my pasture! saiththe LORD. Thereforethussaiththe LORDGodof Israelagainstthe pastorsthat feedmy people; Yehave scatteredmy flock, and driven them away, and have notvisitedthem: behold, I will visituponyou the evilof your doings, saiththe LORD. And Iwill gatherthe remnantof my flockout of allcountrieswhitherI have driventhem, and will bring them againtotheir folds; and they shall be fruitfuland increase. And I will set upshepherdsoverthem which shall feedthem: and they shall fearnomore, norbe dismayed, neithershall they be lacking, saiththe LORD. Behold, the dayscome, saiththe LORD, that I will raiseunto Davida righteousBranch, and a Kingshall reignand prosper, and shall executejudgmentand justicein the earth. In his daysJudahshall be saved, and Israelshall dwellsafely: and this is his namewherebyhe shall be called, THE LORDOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saiththe LORD, that they shall nomoresay, The LORDliveth, whichbrought upthe childrenof Israelout of the landof Egypt; But, The LORDliveth, whichbrought upand whichledthe seedof the houseof Israelout of the northcountry, and from allcountrieswhitherI had driventhem; and they shall dwellintheir own land. Mine heartwithinme is brokenbecause of the prophets; allmy bonesshake; I amlike a drunkenman, and like a manwhom winehath overcome, becauseof the LORD, and becauseof the wordsof his holiness. Forthe landis fullof adulterers; forbecauseof swearingthe landmourneth; the pleasant placesof the wildernessare dried up, and their courseisevil, and their force is notright. Forbothprophetandpriestare profane; yea, in my househave I foundtheir wickedness, saiththe LORD. Whereforetheir wayshall beunto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and falltherein: forI will bringeviluponthem, even the yearof their visitation, saiththe LORD. And I have seenfollyin the prophetsof Samaria; they prophesiedin Baal, and caused my peopleIsraelto err. I have seenalso in the prophetsof Jerusalema horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walkin lies: they strengthenalso the handsof evildoers, that nonedoth returnfrom his wickedness: they areallof them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitantsthereof as Gomorrah. Thereforethussaiththe LORDof hostsconcerningthe prophets; Behold, I will feedthem with wormwood, and make them drinkthe waterof gall: forfromthe prophetsof Jerusalemis profanenessgone forthinto allthe land. Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, Hearkennotuntothe wordsof the prophetsthat prophesyunto you: they make you vain: theyspeaka visionof their own heart, and notout of the mouthof the LORD. They say stillunto them that despiseme, The LORDhath said, Ye shall havepeace; and they sayunto every onethat walkethafter the imaginationof his own heart, Noevilshall comeuponyou. Forwhohath stoodin the counselof the LORD, and hath perceivedand heardhis word? whohath markedhis word, and heard it ? Behold, a whirlwindof the LORDis gone forthin fury, even a grievouswhirlwind: it shall fall grievouslyuponthe headof the wicked. The angerof the LORDshall notreturn, untilhe have executed, and tillhe have performedthe thoughtsof his heart: in the latterdaysye shall considerit perfectly. I have notsentthese prophets, yet theyran: I have notspokentothem, yet theyprophesied. But ifthey had stoodin my counsel, and had caused my peopleto hearmy words, then they should have turnedthem from their evilway, and from the evilof their doings. Am Ia Godat hand, saiththe LORD, and nota Godafar off? Cananyhide himselfin secret placesthat Ishall notseehim? saiththe LORD. Do notIfillheavenand earth? saiththe LORD. I have heardwhatthe prophetssaid, that prophesyliesin my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How longshall this bein the heartof the prophetsthat prophesylies? yea, they are prophetsof the deceitof their own heart; Which thinkto cause my peopleto forgetmy nameby their dreamswhichthey tellevery manto his neighbor, astheir fathershave forgottenmy namefor Baal. The prophetthathath a dream, let him tella dream; and he thathath my word, let him speakmy wordfaithfully. What is the chafftothe wheat? saiththe LORD. Is notmy wordlikeas a fire? saiththe LORD; and like a hammer that breakeththe rockin pieces? Therefore, behold, I am againstthe prophets, saiththe LORD, that stealmy wordsevery onefromhis neighbor. Behold, I am againstthe prophets, saiththe LORD, that usetheir tongues, and say, He saith. Behold, I am againstthem that prophesyfalsedreams, saiththe LORD, and do tellthem, and cause my peopleto errby their lies, and by their lightness; yet Isentthem not, norcommandedthem: therefore they shall notprofit this people at all, saiththe LORD. And whenthispeople, orthe prophet, ora priest, shall askthee, saying, What is the burdenof the LORD? thou shalt then sayuntothem, Whatburden? I will even forsakeyou, saiththe LORD. And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, thatshall say, The burdenof the LORD, I will even punishthatmanand his house. Thusshall ye sayevery onetohis neighbor, and every onetohis brother, Whathath the LORDanswered? and, Whathath the LORDspoken? And the burdenof the LORDshall ye mentionnomore: forevery man's wordshall behis burden; for ye have pervertedthe wordsof the livingGod, of the LORDof hostsour God. Thusshalt thou saytothe prophet, Whathath the LORDansweredthee? and, Whathath the LORDspoken? But sinceye say, The burdenof the LORD; thereforethussaiththe LORD; Becauseye saythisword, The burdenof the LORD, and I have sentuntoyou, saying, Ye shall notsay, The burdenof the LORD; Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forgetyou, and I will forsakeyou, and the citythatI gaveyou and your fathers, and cast you out ofmy presence: And I will bringan everlastingreproachuponyou, and a perpetualshame, whichshall notbe forgotten.