²¹ I did not send^(A) these prophets,
    yet they have run with their message;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they have prophesied.
²² But if they had stood in my council,^(B)
    they would have proclaimed^(C) my words to my people
and would have turned^(D) them from their evil ways
    and from their evil deeds.^(E)

²³ “Am I only a God nearby,^(F)”
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?