23:21 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.
1 tn Heb “Yet they ran.”
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).
2 sn See the parallel passage in Jer 14:13-15.