false prophets

I don't want to be one. The snag is that it's much easier to tell people what they want to hear than the Truth of God. In Jeremiah chs. 28-29, Hananiah and Shemaiah prophesy good things for the Hebrew nation. While Jeremiah prophesies 70 years of exile in Babylon, the more popular prophets are saying "soon God will bring you back home. Don't worry." God punishes them with death, and gives this message to Israel through Jeremiah: "Do not let the prophets and diviners among you decieve you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. I have not sent them" (29:7). Most people want to hear only good things, too. But God's Truth is better in the long run. He says "I will discipline you, but only with justice" (30:11). The best intentions, if they aren't based on truth, are deadly.