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I did notלֹאsendשָׁלַחְתִּיthe prophets,אֶת הַנְּבִאִיםyet theyוְהֵםran;רָצוּI did notלֹאspeakדִבַּרְתִּיto them,אֲלֵיהֶםyet theyוְהֵםprophesied.נִבָּאוּ
Jeremiah 23:21
Study it in the app“I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 23:21, word by word
- sendשָׁלַחְתִּיshalachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachti” appears- the prophetsנְּבִאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- ranרָצוּratsu
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ratsu” appears- speakדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appears- prophesiedנִבָּאוּnibau
prophesy
To speak what God's spirit gives to say.
Where else “nibau” appears
The context
20The anger of YHWH will not turn back until he has done and until he has carried out the purposes of his heart; in the last days you will understand it with understanding.
21 · This verse (above)
22But if they had stood in my council, then they would have made my people hear my words, and they would have turned them back from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.