“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.”
Jeremiah 23:22 (WEB)
Context Reading
20Yahweh’s anger will not return until he has executedand performed the intents of his heart.In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly. 21I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied. 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. 23“Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh,“and not a God afar off? 24Can anyone hide himself in secret placesso that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh.“Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.