Not Peace and Safety

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. (Micah 3:1-7)

Verses 2 and 3 of this passage were the last cross reference for Isaiah 58:6. A bit of a graphic picture really. God's leaders taking advantage of his people in a way that God compares to cannibalism. God declaring that the prophets that mislead God's people will lose their ability to see visions. It seems that real prophets can receive real visions but they can still use their gift to mislead people. Interestingly the main message of these prophets seems to be "peace and safety". Interesting because we normally associate false prophets with doomsaying. There are two men I have heard of called Hazen Foss and William Foy who received visions with a message that would not have been popular among their friends. They refused to speak God's messages and God's people suffered for it, and still do to this day. They lost the prophetic gift, just like the Bible says in Micah 3:6.
That reminds me that we have a message for the people of the world. It is not a popular message. "Peace and safety" is the popular message today as always. We are to warn people of judgment and God's solution, which involves personal sacrifice. We must tell them or we will lose the truth ourselves and be forever lost.