Jeremiah 23:21
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I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:32 Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 14:14 And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart.

Jeremiah 27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord: and they prophesy in my name falsely: to drive you out, and that you may perish, both you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.

Jeremiah 28:15 And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananias the prophet: Hear now, Hananias: the Lord hath not sent thee, and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 29:9,31 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.

John 20:21 He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

Acts 14:5 And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously and to stone them:

Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach unless they be sent, as it is written: How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, of them that bring glad tidings of good things?

Context
Lying Prophets
20The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel. 21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.22If they had stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way, and from their wicked doings.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:14
And the Lord said to me: The prophets prophesy falsely in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination and deceit, and the seduction of their own heart.

Jeremiah 23:32
Behold I am against the prophets that have lying dreams, saith the Lord: and tell them, and cause my people to err by their lying, and by their wonders: when I sent them not, nor commanded them, who have not profited this people at all, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 27:14
Hearken not to the words of the prophets that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they tell you a lie.

Jeremiah 27:15
For I have not sent them, saith the Lord: and they prophesy in my name falsely: to drive you out, and that you may perish, both you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.

Jeremiah 29:8
For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:

Lexicon
I did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

send
שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי (šā·laḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

these prophets,
הַנְּבִאִ֖ים (han·nə·ḇi·’îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

yet they
וְהֵ֣ם (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

have run with their message;
רָ֑צוּ (rā·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run

I did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

speak
דִבַּ֥רְתִּי (ḏib·bar·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to them,
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

yet they
וְהֵ֥ם (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

prophesied.
נִבָּֽאוּ׃ (nib·bā·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration


Additional Translations
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.

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

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

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

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.

I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.
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