Jeremiah 23:21-23

Complete Jewish Bible

²¹ “I did not send these prophets; yet they ran.
I did not speak to them; yet they prophesied.
²² If they have been present at my council,
they should let my people hear my words
and turn them from their evil way
and the evil of their actions.
²³ Am I God only when near,” asks Adonai,
“and not when far away?