“I have heard
What the prophets have said.
They prophesy lies
In my name.
They say.
‘I have dreamed!
I have dreamed!’
How long
Will this last?
Will the hearts of the prophets
Ever turn back?
They prophesy lies!
They prophesy
The deceit of their own heart.
They plan to make my people
Forget my name,
By their dreams
That they tell one another.
They are just
Like their ancestors
Who forgot my name
For Baal.”
Yahweh complains about these lying prophets, since they prophesy and lie in his name. They claim that they have had dreams. Will these prophets ever return? They continue to lie and present the deceit for their own hearts. They want the people to forget the name of Yahweh with their dreams that they tell to one another. They are just like their ancestors who forgot the name of Yahweh and went to the Baal gods.