Jeremiah 23:21

NETBible

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. 1  I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

NIV ©

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

NASB ©

"I did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied.

NLT ©

"I have not sent these prophets, yet they claim to speak for me. I have given them no message, yet they prophesy.

MSG ©

"I never sent these prophets, but they ran anyway. I never spoke to them, but they preached away.

BBE ©

I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet’s word.

NRSV ©

I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

NKJV ©

"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

KJV
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these prophets
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yet they ran
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I have not spoken
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to them, yet they prophesied
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NASB ©
"I did not send
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these
prophets
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, But they ran
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. I did not speak
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to them, But they prophesied
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ADV
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V-IAI-1S
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T-APM
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N-APM
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CONJ
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ADV
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PREP
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
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send
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those prophets
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were in a hurry
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to give their message. I did not
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tell
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them
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anything. Yet they prophesied
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anyway.
HEBREW
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NETBible

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. 1  I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “Yet they ran.”

1 sn The image is that of a messenger bearing news from the king. See 2 Sam 18:19-24; Jer 51:31; Isa 40:9; 52:7; Hab 2:2 (the tablet/scroll bore the message the runner was to read to the intended recipients of his message). Their message has been given in v. 17 (see notes there for cross references).