“But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.”
The assertion that if the false prophets stood in God's council they would hear his words and turn the people from their evil represents the expected fruit of true prophecy. The condition shows that true prophets' activity leads to reformation and turning from wickedness. The failure of false prophets to produce this fruit evidences their inauthenticity. The verse establishes that the effectiveness of true prophecy lies in its power to reform.
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