18. For who hath stood in the council of the Lord and hath seen

His Word? Who hath attended and heard?](541)

I have not sent the prophets, 21 Of themselves they run. I have not spoken to them, They do the prophesying. If they had stood in My Council, 22 And heard My Words, My people they would have been turning(542) From(543) the wrong of their doings. I am a God who is near 23 Not a God who is far.(544) Can any man hide him in secret 24 And I not see him? Is it not heaven and earth that I fill?— Rede of the Lord. I have heard what the prophets say 25 Who preach in My Name, Falsely saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.”(545) Will the heart of the prophets turn,(546) 26 Who prophesy lies? And in their prophesying ... (?)(547) The deceit of their heart, Who plan that My people forget My Name(548) 27 Through the dreams they tell, Just as their fathers forgot My Name through Baal. The prophet with whom is a dream 28 Let him tell his(549) dream; But he with whom is My Word, My Word let him speak in truth. What has the straw with the wheat?(550) —Rede of the Lord— My Word, is it not(551) like fire 29 And the hammer that shatters the rock?