“The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.”
The distinction between prophets with dreams (false) and prophets with God's word (true) establishes the ultimate criterion. The command to the false prophet to speak his dream but to the true prophet to speak God's word distinguishes by source. The reference to grain versus chaff establishes that both claim to be prophecy, but only one has substance. The verse uses agricultural imagery to suggest that false prophecy is worthless while true prophecy is valuable.
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