21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.


In Context

18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?

19 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down on the heads of the wicked.

20 The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he fully accomplishes the purposes of his heart. In days to come you will understand it clearly.

21 I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.

23 "Am I only a God nearby," declares the Lord , "and not a God far away?

Jeremiah 23:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.