For the timewill comewhenthey will not enduresounddoctrine;but [wanting] to have their earstickled,they will accumulatefor themselvesteachersin accordanceto their owndesires,
and immoral menand homosexualsand kidnappersand liarsand perjurers,and whateverelseis contraryto soundteaching,
Sohave I becomeyour enemyby telling you the truth?
The prophetsprophesyfalsely,And the priestsruleon their [own] authority;And My peopleloveit so!But whatwill you doat the endof it?
"Woe[to you] whenallmenspeakwellof you, for their fathersused to treatthe false prophetsin the sameway.
"Ifa manwalkingafter windand falsehoodHad toldlies[and said], 'I will speakout to you concerning wineand liquor,'He would be spokesmanto thispeople.
"But becauseI speakthe truth,you do not believeMe.
Then Elijahsaidto the people,"I aloneam lefta prophetof the LORD,but Baal'sprophetsare 450men.
And when I cameto you, brethren,I did not comewith superiorityof speechorof wisdom,proclaimingto you the testimonyof God.
(Nowallthe Atheniansand the strangersvisitingthere used to spend their timein nothingotherthantellingorhearingsomethingnew.)
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,Do not let your prophetswhoare in your midstand your divinersdeceiveyou, and do not listento the dreamswhichthey dream.
He whosaidto them, "Hereis rest,giverestto the weary,"And, "Hereis repose,"but they wouldnot listen.
"But as for you, do not listento your prophets,your diviners,your dreamers,your soothsayersor your sorcererswhospeakto you, saying,'You will not servethe kingof Babylon.'
Then they said,"Comeand let us deviseplansagainstJeremiah.Surelythe lawis not going to be lostto the priest,norcounselto the sage,northe [divine] wordto the prophet!Comeon and let us strikeat him with [our] tongue,and let us givenoheedto anyof his words."
and my messageand my preachingwere not in persuasivewordsof wisdom,but in demonstrationof the Spiritand of power,
The scribesand the chief prieststriedto layhandson Him that veryhour,and they fearedthe people;for they understoodthat He spokethisparableagainstthem.
Then the kingof Israelsaidto Jehoshaphat,"Did I not tellyou that he would not prophesygoodconcerningme, but evil?"
The kingof Israelsaidto Jehoshaphat,"There is yetonemanby whom we may inquireof the LORD,but I hatehim, becausehe does not prophesygoodconcerningme, but evil.[He is] Micaiahsonof Imlah."But Jehoshaphatsaid,"Let not the kingsayso."
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Whoeverhas sinnedagainst Me, I will blothim out of My book.
Whosayto the seers,"You must not see[visions"]; And to the prophets,"You must not prophesyto us whatis right,Speakto us pleasantwords,Prophesyillusions.
Retainthe standardof soundwordswhichyou have heardfrom me, in the faithand lovewhich are in ChristJesus.
that they were sayingto you, "In the lasttimethere will be mockers,followingaftertheir ownungodlylusts."
