The council of God

 Jeremiah 23:21–22 (ESV)

21“I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.

The difference between the false prophet and the true prophet of God is that one spent time in the presence of God to hear what he had to say and the other only spoke what he wanted the people to hear. The false prophet led people away from the Lord but the true prophet always leads people into the presence of the Lord through their repentance and forgiveness. Jeremiah truly spoke the word of the Lord but the people refused to listen. They did not want to give up their false gods and their sinful behavior. They preferred to listen to the false prophet who denied what Jeremiah proclaimed. It is a temptation today for some ministers and prophets to declare things that did not come from spending time in God's presence and listening to his counsel. They do not declare the hard things that require repentance from evil but only speak words that they think will bring comfort to the people. God's word is powerful and it is like a hammer that breaks the power of sin. When it is not proclaimed there will be no change in the behavior of the people.