Who say to the seers, 'You shall not see,' and to the prophets, 'You shall not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us flattering words, prophesy illusions, establishing that the people actively reject prophetic correction and demand only the flattering words and false prophecies that tell them what they want to hear. The command not to see and not to prophesy establishes the people's determination to silence true prophecy. The request for flattering words and illusions reveals the people's self-deceptive desire for comfort rather than truth. The oracle exposes the spiritual sickness of a people unwilling to hear correction and eager only for reassurance. The preference for illusion over truth represents a fundamental inversion of the proper relationship with God's word.

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