Again Jeremiah takes up the theme of false revelation, among which dreams have a place.
"Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord."
The Lord sends dreams, but we can also cause ourselves to dream dreams. How can we tell? No short term answer is given, but the long term answer is again alluded to - fruits. Those engaged in false revelation ("spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them") have "committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbor's wives and have spoken lying words" (v. 21).
אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם מַחְלְמִים
"Which you (pl.) cause to be dreamed"
The Hebrew implies we can cause/create dreams.
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