OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 22

Jeremiah 23:22

But if they had stood in my council,

then they would have caused my people to hear my words,

and would have turned them from their evil way,

and from the evil of their doings.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 23:22 in context

Jeremiah 23:19–25

Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out.

Yes, a whirling storm!

It will burst on the head of the wicked.

The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed

and performed the intents of his heart.

In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.

I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.

I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.

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But if they had stood in my council,

then they would have caused my people to hear my words,

and would have turned them from their evil way,

and from the evil of their doings.

“Am I a God at hand,” says the LORD,

“and not a God afar off?

Can anyone hide himself in secret places

so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD.

“Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.

“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

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