21 (A)I have not sent these prophets, saith the Lord, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, and yet they prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and [a]had declared my words to my people, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the wickedness of their inventions.

23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God [b]far off?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:22 He showeth the difference between the true Prophets and the false, between the hireling and the true minister.
  2. Jeremiah 23:23 Do I not see your falsehood, however you cloak it, and wheresoever you commit it?

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