“They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.”
The false prophets have seen false visions and divined lies while claiming "the Lord says," committing the gravest blasphemy of speaking in God's name without His authorization. Each false claim to receive revelation when none has been given constitutes a violation of God's holy name and represents rebellion against the fundamental structure of the covenant. Their visions and divinations are explicitly characterized as false, indicating deliberate deception or profound self-delusion about their spiritual status. This verse exposes the tension between the prophets' confident assertions of divine word and the actual absence of any authentic prophetic experience.
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