Jeremiah 23:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran - Not to save souls, but to profit themselves.

I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied - They never received the word at my mouth; yet they went, publishing their own deceits, and pretending them to be revelations from God. The churches which have legal emoluments are ever in danger of being overrun and ruined by worldly and self-interested priests.

Jeremiah 23:21

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