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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 23:21 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Jer 23:21	King James	I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
sent . . . spoken--sent" refers to the primary call: "spoken" to the subsequent charges given to be executed. A call is required, not only external, on the part of men, but also internal from God, that one should undertake a pastor's office [CALVIN].

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

sent . . . spoken--sent" refers to the primary call: "spoken" to the subsequent charges given to be executed. A call is required, not only external, on the part of men, but also internal from God, that one should undertake a pastor's office [CALVIN].

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Ran - i. e., hurried to take upon them the responsibilites of the prophetic office.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Ran - i. e., hurried to take upon them the responsibilites of the prophetic office.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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