Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-12-29

driven on and fall therein: for will bring
evil upon them, even the year Of their visit
alton, saith the Lord. And have seen
folly in the prophets Of Samaria; they
prophesied in Baal, and caused nv poople
Israel to err. have seen also in the proph-
cts of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they
commit adultery, and walk in lies: they
strengthen also the hands Of evil doors, that
none doth Turn from his wickness: they are
all Of them unto me as Sodom, and The
inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. There
fore thus saith the Lord of hosts concern
ing the prophets; behold / will feed them
with wormwood, and make them drink the
water Of gall: for from the prophets of
Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all
the land. Thus saith The Lord of hosts,
hearken not unto the words of the prophets
that prophesY unto you: they make you
vain: they speak vision of their own
heart, and not out Of the mouth Of the Lord
They say still unto them that despise me,
the Lord hath said, We shall have peace;
and they say unto every one that waIketh
after the imagination of his own heart, no
evil shall come upon you. For who hath
stood in the counsel Of the Lord, and hath
perceived and heard his word ? who hath
marked his word and heard il? Behold, a
whirlwind Of the Lord is gone forth 10 fury,
even grieVous whirlwind il shall fall
grievously upon the head of the wicked
until he have executed. and till he have
performed the thoughts Of his heart: in The
latter days We shall consider il perfectly
| have not sent these prophets, yet they ran:
| have not spoken to them, yet they prophe
sled. But il 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. Am l God at hand, saith the
Lord, and not God aEar OFF, Can any
hide himself in secret places. lha, shall
not see him. saith the Lord. Do not fill
heaven and earth? saith the Lord ! have
heard what the prophets said, that prophesy
lies in my name, saying, have dreamed,
have dreamed. How long shall this be in
the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies?
yea, they are prophets of the deceit OF their
own heart; which think to cause my people
to forget my name by their dreams which
they tell every man to his neiglbor. as their
fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.-.
The prophet that hath dream, let him tell
dream; and he that hath my word let
him speak my word faithfully. What is
the chaf TO the wheat saith the Lord
Is not my word like as a freq saith the
Lord; and like hammer that breaketh the.
rock in pieces? Therefore, behold, | am
against the prophets, saith the Lord, that
steal my words every one from his neigh
Dor. Behold, am against the prophets,
saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and
say, he saith. Behold, am against .hem
that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord,
and do tell them, and cause my people to
err by their lies, and by their lightness yet
| sent Them moi, nor commanded them :;
therefore they shall moi profit this people at
all, saith the Lord. And when this people,
or the prophet, or priest shall ask thee,
saying, what is the burden of the Lord?
thou shalt then say unto them, what bur-
den? | will even forsake you, saith the
Lord. And as for the prophet, and the
priest, and the people, that shall say the
burden Of the Lord, / will even punish that
man and his house." Ezekiel xii: 25-30:
" There is conspiracy of her prophets in
the midst thereof, like roaring lion raven
ing the prey; they have deyoured souls );
they have taken the treasure and precious
things; they have made her many widows
in the midst thereof. Her priests have vio-
lated my law, and have profaned my holy
things: they have put no difference between
the holy and profane, neither have they
showed difference between the unelean and
clean, and have hid their eyes from my
sablaIhs, and am profaned among them,
Her princes in the midst thereof are like
wolves ravening the prey, TO shed blood,
and TO destroy souls, 10 get dishonest gail
And her prophets have daubed them with
untempered mortar, seeing vanity and d.
vi1ins lies unto them, saying, thus saith
the Lord God, when the Lord hath mol
spoken. The people Of the land have used
oppressiop, and exercised robbery, and have
Vexed the poor and needy yea they have
oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And
sought for man among them, that should
make up the hedge, and stand 10 the gap