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21 I did not send those prophets,
    but they ran to tell their message.
I did not speak to them,
    but they prophesied anyway.
22 But if they had stood in the meeting of angels,
    they would have told my message to my people.
They would have turned the people from their evil ways
    and from doing evil.

23 “I am a God who is near,” says the Lord.
    “I am also a God who is far away.

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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?

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