A God Who Is Near

This is what the Lord of Armies says:

Don’t listen to what the prophets are saying to you.
They fill you with false hope.
They speak about visions that they dreamed up.
These visions are not from the Lord.
They keep saying to those who despise me,

“The Lord says, ‘Everything will go well for you.’ ”
They tell all who live by their own stubborn ways,
“Nothing bad will happen to you.”

Who is in the Lord’s inner circle
and sees and hears his word?
Who pays attention and listens to his word?

The storm of the Lord will come with his anger.
Like a windstorm, it will swirl down on the heads of the wicked.

The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has done everything he intends to do.
In the last days you will understand this clearly.

I didn’t send these prophets,
yet they ran ⌞with their message⌟.

I didn’t speak to them,
yet they prophesied.

If they had been in my inner circle,
they would have announced my words to my people.
They would have turned back from their evil ways
and the evil they have done.

“I am a God who is near.
I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord.”

No one can hide so that I can’t see him,” declares the Lord.
“I fill heaven and earth!” declares the Lord.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭23‬:‭16‬-‭24‬ (‭GW)