"Thussaysthe LORD,Do not deceiveyourselves,saying,"The Chaldeanswill surelygoaway from us," for they will not go.
"The arroganceof your hearthas deceivedyou, You who livein the cleftsof the rock,In the loftinessof your dwellingplace,Who sayin your heart,Whowill bringme downto earth?'
But proveyourselves doersof the word,and not merelyhearerswho deludethemselves.
Let noonein anywaydeceiveyou, for [it will not come] unlessthe apostasycomesfirst,and the manof lawlessnessis revealed,the sonof destruction,
Let no onedeceiveyou with emptywords,for becauseof these thingsthe wrathof Godcomesupon the sonsof disobedience.
Do not be deceived,Godis not mocked;for whatevera mansows,thishe will alsoreap.
For ifanyonethinkshe is somethingwhen he is nothing,he deceiveshimself.
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,Do not let your prophetswhoare in your midstand your divinersdeceiveyou, and do not listento the dreamswhichthey dream.
"Let him not trustin emptiness,deceivinghimself; For emptinesswill be his reward.