Jeremiah 5:11-12
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously with Me declares the Lord (YHWH). They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘'Not He; Misfortune will not come on us; And we will not see sword or famine.”

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In the book of Deuteronomy, in the 28th chapter, there are so many beautiful promises that God says come with hearing and obeying His Word! {Deut.28:1-14} But that is immediately followed by a list of all of the horrible consequences of disobeying His word. {Deut.28:1-14} Everybody’s life, saint and sinner alike, is truly affected by the choices they make! The people of God at that time when Jeremiah spoke the words of today’s verses chose wrong and paid a terrible price—bondage and captivity. And by the way, that is always the consequence of sin!

They trusted in their prophets who told them just what they wanted to hear. They were lying prophets who told the people the pleasant things they longed to hear, not what the Lord had said, because they wanted the approval of man and God’s word was not in them! {Jer.5:13} So it would be written both to them and us to hear today, “Your prophets have seen for you false and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your iniquity so as to restore you from captivity, but they have seen for you false and misleading oracles.” {Lam.2:14}

That was fallen human nature at work. Just as in the time of Isaiah when the people cried out, ‘Speak to us pleasant words, prophesy illusions.’ {Is.30:10} It is a human tendency leading to the need for so many warnings in the days of Jesus and the apostles about false prophets. From James for example: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” {1Jn.4:1}

And so we are commanded by Jesus to be careful what we listen to {Mrk.4:24}, and yet it seems that the 'church' is not on the alert as it should be. But rather it is plagued with an abundance of preachers and teachers who are indeed committed to speaking pleasant words and prophesying illusions that can build very large congregations—so very often the goal! Remember that Satan is a liar by nature and the father of lies. {Jn.8:44}

We are not to regard lightly the discipline of the Lord for He disciplines those whom He loves—us—for our good so that we may share His holiness. {Heb.12:5-10} We need to hear and heed the Spirit-led uncompromising words of the apostle Paul writing to Timothy at a time when he must surely have believed was near the very end of his life:

“I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 
  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.” (2 Timothy 4:1-4)

TEST EVERYTHING, HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS GOOD