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They will cry to the Lord,
    but he won’t answer them.
At that time he will hide his face from them,
    because what they have done is evil.”

The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living:

“If these prophets are given food to eat,
    they shout, ‘Peace!’
But if someone doesn’t give them what they ask for,
    they call for a holy war against that person.
So it will become like night for them, without visions.
    It will become dark for them, without any way to tell the future.
The sun is about to set for the prophets;
    their day will become dark.

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Then they will cry out to the Lord,
    but he will not answer them.(A)
At that time he will hide his face(B) from them
    because of the evil they have done.(C)

This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(D)
they proclaim ‘peace’(E)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.
Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(F)
The sun will set for the prophets,(G)
    and the day will go dark for them.(H)

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