Jeremiah 23:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

A dream ... faithfully - Rather, as “a dream”... as truth. The dream is but a dream, and is to be told as such, but God’s word is to be spoken as certain and absolute truth.The dreams are the chaff, worthless, with nothing in them; the wheat, the pure grain after it is cleansed and winnowed is God’s word. What have these two in common? read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 23:28-29

Jeremiah 23:28-29. The prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream Or, as some render it, let him tell it as a dream. Let him lay no more stress upon it than men do upon their dreams, nor expect any more regard to be paid to it. Or, he that pretends to have a message from God, either by dream, or vision, or voice, or otherwise, let him declare it. And he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully Let him speak it, as truth; so some read the clause; let him keep close to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 23:28

he that hath, &c. Compare Ezekiel 13:7 . chaff = crushed, or chopped straw. Hebrew. teben. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

"The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah. Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Therefore, Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that steal my words everyone from his neighbor. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues and say, He saith. Behold, I am against them that prophesy... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

Jeremiah 23:28. The prophet that hath a dream— "Let him propose his dream to those who are truly inspired, that they may judge whether the dream is from God, and that they may not give out simple dreams and vain imaginations for true prophesies, mixing the chaff with the wheat, and confounding true revelation with the errors of a misguided spirit, Jeremiah 23:29. Is not my word like as a fire, quick and powerful, capable of trying metals, as in a furnace, and ready to burn up that which will... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

28. God answers the objection which might be stated, "What, then, must we do, when lies are spoken as truths, and prophets oppose prophets?" Do the same as when wheat is mixed with chaff: do not reject the wheat because of the chaff mixed with it, but discriminate between the false and the true revelations. The test is adherence to, or forgetfulness of, Me and My law (Jeremiah 23:27). that hath a dream—that pretends to have a divine communication by dream, let him tell it "faithfully," that it... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:9-40

Prophecies about false prophets 23:9-40Having given a true prophecy about the future, Jeremiah proceeded to announce God’s judgment on the false prophets who were misleading His people with false prophecies (cf. Jeremiah 23:1). [Note: See Leon Wood, The Prophets . . ., ch. 7: "False Prophecy in Israel," for a good discussion of this subject, or Edward J. Young, My Servants the Prophets, ch. VII: "Prophets False and True."] This section consists of six different messages that Jeremiah delivered... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 23:28

The false prophets could relate their dreams just as the true prophets could declare the Lord’s words. But it would become clear eventually that the difference between these prophecies was as great as that between straw and grain. The one was insubstantial and worthless, while the other was nourishing. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:1-40

1-4. A remnant shall return.1. The pastors] i.e. the rulers of Judah.4. Shepherds] e.g. Ezra, Nehemiah, etc.5-8. Promise of the Messiah.5. Branch] rather, ’sprout,’ ’shoot,’ that which is immediately connected with the root, and contains, as it were, the springs of life. So in Jeremiah 33:15, and in later time Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12. On the other hand, the word in Isaiah 11:1 denotes ’branch,’ properly so called. The v. predicts the coming of an ideal descendant of David, a king who... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 23:28

(28) Let him tell a dream.—The point of the words lies in the contrast between the real and the counterfeit revelation. Let the dreamer tell his dream as such, let the prophet speak the word of Jehovah truly, and then it will be seen that the one is as the chaff and stubble, and the other as the wheat—one worthless, the other sustaining life. What have they in common? What has one to do with the other? read more

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