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21 I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.
    I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,
    then they would have caused my people to hear my words,
and would have turned them from their evil way,
    and from the evil of their doings.

23 “Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh,
    “and not a God afar off?

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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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