Jeremiah 23:21

I have not sent these nevi'im, 1 yet they ran; 1 I have not spoken to them, 1 yet they prophesied. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20The anger of Hashem shall not turn back, 1 until He have executed, and until He have performed, 1 the mezimmot (designs) of His lev; 1 in the acharit hayamim ye shall understand it perfectly. 1

22But if they had stood in My sod (council), 1 and had caused My people to hear My Devarim, 1 then they should have turned them from their derech harah, 1 and from the ra'ah of their doings.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:8Also I heard the voice of Adonoi, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then said I, Hineini; send me.

Jeremiah 23:32Hineni, I am against them that prophesy chalomot sheker, saith Hashem, and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their recklessness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith Hashem.

Jeremiah 28:15Then said Yirmeyah HaNavi unto Chananyah HaNavi, Shema nah, Chananyah; Hashem hath not sent thee; but thou makest HaAm HaZeh to trust in sheker (a lie).

Jeremiah 29:31Send to all them of the Golus, saying, Thus saith Hashem concerning Shema'yah the Nechelami; Because that Shemaiyah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in sheker;

Acts 13:4They, then, having been sent out by the Ruach Hakodesh, went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed away to Cyprus.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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