NET Bible
"Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the LORD asks."
— Jeremiah 23:23, NET Bible
“Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?”
“Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? ”
“Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?”
“Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?”
“Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?”
“Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?”
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.
But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing.
Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the LORD asks.
“Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the LORD asks.“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the LORD asks.
The LORD says,“I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying,‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’
Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.