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21 I did not send those prophets,
yet they were in a hurry to give their message.[a]
I did not tell them anything,
yet they prophesied anyway.
22 But if they had stood in my inner circle,[b]
they would have proclaimed my message to my people.
They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways
and stop doing the evil things they are doing.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:21 tn Heb “Yet they ran.”sn 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; and 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).
  2. Jeremiah 23:22 tn Or “had been my confidant.” See the note on v. 18.