Yet they ran. — The image is that of messengers who rush eagerly, as from the king’s council-chamber, on their self-appointed mission, without waiting for the command of the Master in whose name they profess to come. (Comp. the question, “Who will go for us?” in Isaiah 6:8.)
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Jeremiah 23:21
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied