Jeremiah 23:21 “I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I…”

Jeremiah 23:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue not sent these prophets, sayth the Lord, yet they ranne; I haue not spoken to them, and yet they prophecied.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.

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Cross references

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

Jeremiah 14:14 Jeremiah 27:15 Jeremiah 23:32 Jeremiah 28:15 Jeremiah 29:9 Jeremiah 29:31

Jeremiah 14:14 · BSB

“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of th…

Jeremiah 27:15 · BSB

For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jeremiah 23:32 · BSB

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at al…

Jeremiah 28:15 · BSB

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 29:9 · BSB

For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 29:31 · BSB

“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

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

Read Jeremiah 23