Jer 23:21-22 | NETfull | STEP | I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

Jeremiah 23:21-22

21 I did not send those prophets.
Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. ^{▼▼ 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).}
I did not tell them anything.
Yet they prophesied anyway.
22 But if they had stood in my inner circle, ^{▼▼ Or “had been my confidant.” See the note on v. 18.}
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.