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21 I have not sent these nevi’im, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in My sod (council), and had caused My people to hear My Devarim, then they should have turned them from their derech harah, and from the ra’ah of their doings.

23 Am I Elohei mikarov, saith Hashem, and not Elohei merachok?

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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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