<p class="bodytext">Then the Spirit of the <sc>Lordsc> came<n id="1" /> upon me and said to me, &#8220;Say: This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;This is what you are thinking,<n id="2" /> O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.<n id="3" />

Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, &#8220;the <sc>Lordsc> declares,&#8221; although I myself never spoke?p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what you have said: &#8220;Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us,<n id="1" /> and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?&#8221;&#8217;