Jeremiah 23:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.”
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“I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 23:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
- Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- Jeremiah 23:32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 29:9For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
- Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
- Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
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