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Jeremiah 23:21

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23:21I did not send those prophets.

Yet they were in a hurry to give their message.67

I did not tell them anything.

Yet they prophesied anyway.

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Footnotes

  1. 67 Heb “Yet they ran.” The image is that of a messenger bearing news from the king. See 2 Sam 18:19–24; Jer 51:31; Isa 40:9; 52:7; Hab 2:2 (the tablet/scroll bore the message the runner was to read to the intended recipients of his message). Their message has been given in v. 17 (see notes there for cross references).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I did not send the prophets,

yet they ran;

I did not speak to them,

yet they prophesied.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I did not send these prophets,

yet they have run with their message;

I did not speak to them,

yet they have prophesied.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I did not send out these prophets,

yet they ran.

I did not speak to them,

yet they prophesied.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have not sent these prophets,

yet they run around claiming to speak for me.

I have given them no message,

yet they go on prophesying.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have not sent the prophets, yet they ran.

I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

KJV 1900King James Version

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