Jeremiah 23:21-23

New Catholic Bible

²¹ I did not send these prophets,
    yet they went forth in haste.
I did not speak to them,
    yet they prophesied.
²² But if they had stood in my council,
    they would have then proclaimed my words to my people
and caused them to turn back from their evil ways
    and from the wickedness of their deeds.
²³ The Lord asks:
    Am I a God only when I am near at hand,
    but not when I am far away?