In Deuteronomy 13:1, a dreamer of dreams is used in a negative sense, and for good reason. God communicating His will by dreams was someth…

I have dreamed ... —The words point to the form of the claim commonly made by the false prophets.

Dreams took their place a…

Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?

says…

Jeremiah returns again to those impostors who soothed the people with their flattery. Whenever Jeremiah and those like him, who faithfully performe…

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name
Or, "I hear what the prophets say" ^F7 …

People cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves?

Here, the prophet speaks of the other mode of deception: through dreams. Concerning this, there are three points.