Jeremiah 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.

Isa 6:8; Jer 14:14; Jer 23:32; Jer 27:15; Jer 28:15; Jer 29:9,31; Joh 20:21; Ac 13:4; Ro 10:15

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).