“For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?”
The rhetorical question about whether any false prophet has stood in God's council and heard his word introduces the criterion of true prophecy: access to God's counsel. The implication is that true prophets hear from God while false prophets do not. The question invites the audience to consider whether the false prophets could possibly have genuine access to God. The verse suggests that true prophecy flows from divine revelation while false prophecy flows from human imagination.
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