Jeremiah 23:21
21 I did not send those prophets.
Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. ▼ ▼▼ 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).
I did not tell them anything.
Yet they prophesied anyway.