Jeremiah 23:21

21 I have not sent the prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied

Jeremiah 23:21 In-Context

19 Look, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth [in] wrath, even a whirling tempest. It will whirl upon [the] head of [the] wicked
20 The {anger} of Yahweh will not turn back until his doing and until his keeping the plans of his {mind}. {In latter days} you will look closely at it [with] understanding.
21 I have not sent the prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied
22 But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words [to] my people, and they would have caused them to turn from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.
23 [Am] I a God from near," {declares} Yahweh, "and not a God from far?
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