Their intentions were to mislead the people into thinking that God was speaking through them. Regarding these dreamers, Jeremiah was inspired to say: “This is what Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel, has said: ‘ Let not your prophets who are in among you and your practicers of divination deceive you, and do not you listen to their dreams that they are dreaming. For “it is in falsehood that they are prophesying to you in my name..., ” is the utterance of Jehovah. ’ ” — Jeremiah 29: 8, 9.
इब्‌लीस महा - धोख़ेबाज़ है जिसने हज़ारों वर्षों से धार्मिक अगुवों को ग़लत तरीक़े से यह दावा करने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया है कि परमेश्‍वर ने उनसे दर्शनों और सपनों के माध्यम से बातें की हैं, ठीक वैसे ही जैसे झूठे भविष्यवक्‍ताओं ने यिर्मयाह और जकर्याह के दिनों में किया था ।