Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 23:24
A church father on this verse
“Jeremiah the prophet, gifted with consummate wisdom, or rather the Holy Spirit in Jeremiah, exhibits God. "Am I a God at hand," he says, "and not a God afar off? Shall a man do ought in secret, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? Saith the Lord." For "the Lord who created the earth by His power," as Jer…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24Shall anyone hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
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22But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had hearkened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
23I am a God nigh at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off.
— Jeremiah 23:24 —
25I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
26How long shall these things be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?