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Jeremiah 23:22

World English Bible

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.

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Jeremiah 23:22 in other translations

But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Jeremiah 23:22 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 23:22 in context

  1. 20Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executed,
    and until he has performed the intents of his heart.
    In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
  2. 21I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.
    I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
  3. 22But 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.
  4. 23“Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh,
    “and not a God afar off?
  5. 24Can anyone hide himself in secret places
    so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh.
    “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.