Ezekiel 13:2-3

13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ¹  ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 13:6

13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ²  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ³  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ⁴ 

Matthew 24:23-24

24:23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ⁵  or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him. 24:24 For false messiahs ⁶  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

¹ tn Heb “from their mind.”

² sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

³ sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

⁴ tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

⁶ tn Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”