God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 23:21
21I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran ⌞with their message⌟. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah 23:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
- New International Version (NIV)I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Context of Jeremiah 23:21
19The storm of the Lord will come with his anger. Like a windstorm, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked. 20The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has done everything he intends to do. In the last days you will understand this clearly. I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran ⌞with their message⌟. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied. 22If they had been in my inner circle, they would have announced my words to my people. They would have turned back from their evil ways and the evil they have done. 23“I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord.
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:21 word by word
לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי אֶת־הַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְהֵ֣ם רָ֑צוּ לֹא־דִבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם נִבָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:21
- Jeremiah 23:32I’m against those who prophesy dreams they made up,” declares the Lord. “They tell the dreams they made up and lead my people astray with their lies and their wild talk. I didn’t send them or command them to go. They don’t help these people at all,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 14:14Then the Lord told me, “These are the lies that the prophets are telling in my name: They claim that I sent them, commanded them, and spoke to them. They dreamed up the visions they tell you. Their predictions are worthless. They are the products of their own imagination.
- Jeremiah 27:15I didn’t send them, declares the Lord. They prophesy lies in my name. So I will scatter you, and you and the prophets will die.”
- Jeremiah 28:15Then Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Now listen, Hananiah, the Lord hasn’t sent you. You have made these people believe a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:9These people are prophesying lies to you in my name. I didn’t send them, declares the Lord.
- Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
- John 20:21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”
- Acts 14:5In the meantime, Paul and Barnabas found out that the non-Jewish people and the Jewish people with their rulers planned to attack them and stone them to death.
- Romans 10:15How can people tell the Good News if no one sends them? As Scripture says, “How beautiful are the feet of the messengers who announce the Good News.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran - Not to save souls, but to profit themselves. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied - They never received the word at my mouth; yet they went, publishing their own deceits, and pretending them to be revelations from God. The churches which have legal emoluments are ever in danger of being overrun and ruined by worldly and self-interested priests.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Ran - i. e., hurried to take upon them the responsibilites of the prophetic office.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 The false prophets of Samaria had deluded the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem as guilty of more horrible wickedness, by which the people were made bold in sin. These false teachers would be compelled to suffer the most bitter part of the Lord's indignation. They made themselves believe that there was no harm in sin, and practised accordingly; then they made others believe so. Those who are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-24In this stanza, the Lord shows his strong disappointment and disgust with the false prophets.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. sent ... spoken--"sent" refers to the primary call: "spoken" to the subsequent charges given to be executed. A call is required, not only external, on the part of men, but also internal from God, that one should undertake a pastor's office [Calvin].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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