Jeremiah 23:21

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran,.... They might be sent of men, and be encouraged by them; but they were not sent of God: it is not only necessary that men employed in religious affairs…

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

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…

See introd. summary to section. Here we again take up the thought of Jer 23:23.