Trusting Deceptive Things

Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.

"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.

"Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'

"Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

"This is your lot, the portion measured to you From Me," declares the LORD, "Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood.

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

"Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,"

For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,