“I did not send the prophets.
Yet they ran.
I did not speak to them.
Yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood
In my council,
Then they would have proclaimed
My words to my people.
They would have turned them
From their evil way,
From the evil of their doings.”
Yahweh clearly indicated that he had not sent these prophets who pretended to run and prophesize in his name. They were never part of his council. If they had been, they would have proclaimed to the people to turn away from their evil ways of doing things. However, they did not do that.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 