“This is what Jehovah says:

“The heavens are my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.

Where, then,
is the house that you could build for me,

And where is my resting-place?”

“My own hand has made all these things,
And this is how they all came to be,”
declares Jehovah.

“To this one, then, I will look,

To the one humble and broken in spirit
who “is anxious about”
trembles*
at my word.”
Isa. 66:1, 2.

“Just a little while longer,
and the wicked will be no more;

You will look at where they were,
And they will not be there.”
Ps. 37:10.

***

“This is what Jehovah of armies says:

“Do not listen to the words of the prophets
who are prophesying to you.

They are deluding you.
The vision they speak is from their own heart,
Not from the mouth of Jehovah.

They are saying again and again to those who disrespect me,
‘Jehovah has said: “You will enjoy peace.”’

And to everyone who follows his own stubborn heart they say,
‘No calamity will come upon you.’”
Jer. 23:16, 17.

“And they try to heal the breakdown*
“fracture” of the daughter of my people lightly,*
“superficially” saying,

“There is peace! There is peace!”
When there is no peace.”
Jer. 8:11.

“When a flimsy partition wall is built,
they are plastering it with whitewash.’*”
That is,
building a weak interior wall
and with whitewash
trying to make it look strong.

Ezek. 13:10.

“They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’
And to the visionaries, ‘Do not tell us truthful visions.
Tell us flattering* Lit., “smooth.” things;
envision deceptive illusions.”
Isa. 30:10.

““For from the least to the greatest,
each one is making dishonest gain;

From the prophet to the priest,
each one is practicing fraud.

And they try to heal the breakdown of my people lightly, saying,
‘There is peace! There is peace!’

When there is no peace.”
Jer. 6:13, 14.

***

“Now as for the times and the seasons,
brothers,
you need nothing to be written to you.

For you yourselves know very well that
Jehovah’s day

is coming exactly
as a thief in the night.

Whenever it is that they are saying,
“Peace and security!”

then sudden destruction
is to be

instantly on them,

just like birth pains
on a pregnant woman,

and they will by no means escape.”
1 Thess. 5:3.

***

“Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

Make sure of all things;
hold fast to what is fine.

Abstain from every form of wickedness.”
1 Thess. 5:20-22.

***

“There is a sound of uproar from the city,
a sound from the temple!

It is the sound of Jehovah

repaying his enemies
what they deserve.”
Isa. 66:6.