9. My head is reeling,my limbs are limp,I’m staggering like a drunk,seeing double from too much wine—And all because of God,because of his holy words.
15. So here’s the Message to the prophets from God-of-the-Angel-Armies:“I’ll cook them a supper of maggoty meatwith after-dinner drinks of strychnine.The Jerusalem prophets are behind all this.They’re the cause of the godlessness polluting this country.”
32. “Oh yes, I’ve had it with the prophets who preach the lies they dream up, spreading them all over the country, ruining the lives of my people with their cheap and reckless lies.“I never sent these prophets, never authorized a single one of them. They do nothing for this people—nothing!” God’s Decree.
33. “And anyone, including prophets and priests, who asks, ‘What’s God got to say about all this, what’s troubling him?’ tell him, ‘You, you’re the trouble, and I’m getting rid of you.’” God’s Decree.
34. “And if anyone, including prophets and priests, goes around saying glibly ‘God’s Message! God’s Message!’ I’ll punish him and his family.