The Promises are False, because the Prophets are not Divinely Inspired

16 Thus saith Jehovah of Hosts:

Hearken not to the words of the prophets;

They fill you with hopes that are vain.

’Tis their own heart’s vision they utter,

And not what Jehovah hath spoken.

17 They assure those who mock at the word of Jehovah

That all with them shall be well.

They assure those who follow their own stubborn hearts

That no evil shall come upon them.

18 But which of them ever hath stood and looked on

In the council of Jehovah?

Or which of them ever hath listened

And heard any word of His?

21 I sent not the prophets, and yet they ran;

Notwithstanding I spoke not to them, yet they prophesied.

22 But if ever they truly had stood in My council

And heard any word that was Mine,

My people they would have turned

From their evil ways and behaviour.