エレミヤ書 23:9-15 JCB

These verses form a complete prophecy, the title of which Jeremiah himself supplies in the words, "Concerning the (false) prophets" (see below); comp. Jeremiah 46:2 ; Jeremiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 49:1 , Jeremiah 49:7 , Jeremiah 49:23 , Jeremiah 49:28 . It is true the rendering of the Authorized Version ( Jeremiah 49:9 ), Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets , is not purely arbitrary; it is favored by the exegetical tradition represented by the Hebrew accents.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:10

The land is full of adulterers . The false prophets connive at flagrant immoralities, one of which is mentioned as a typical sin. As to the nature of the adultery, see note on Jeremiah 5:7 . Because of swearing ; rather, because of the curse ; the curse, namely, with which God punishes the guilty earth (comp. Zechariah 5:3 ; Daniel 9:11 ; and especially Isaiah 24:6 , where in the original there is a paronomasia very similar to that here). The land mourneth ; a figurative... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:11

Both prophet and priest are profane ; i.e. are unholy, disobeying the Divine commands (see on Jeremiah 5:7 ). The same two important classes specified as in Jeremiah 6:13 . Yea, in my house , etc. Evidently some sin specially incongruous with its locality is referred to, either idolatry (comp. Jeremiah 7:30 ) or the totemistic worship of figures of animals ( Ezekiel 8:10 , Ezekiel 8:11 ). Comp. note on Jeremiah 5:7 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:12

Their way shall be unto them as slippery ways , etc.; rather, slippery places . The passage has a manifest affinity with Psalms 35:6 (in one of the Jeremiahizing psalms; see on Jeremiah 18:19 , Jeremiah 18:20 ). They shall be driven on ; or, as Ewald, taking over the last word of the preceding clause, they shall be thrust into the darkness . This involves a reminiscence, probable enough, of Isaiah 8:22 b. It is against the accentual tradition, but improves the rhythmical... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:13

I have seen folly ; rather, absurdity or unseemliness ; literally, that which is unsavory (comp. Job 6:6 ). The word occurs with a similar reference to Jehovah in Job 1:22 ; Job 24:12 . To "prophesy by Baal" was "absurd," "unseemly," because Baal was a "non-entity" (Isaiah's word for an idol). In Baal ; rather, by , or by means of , Baal (see on Jeremiah 2:8 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:13-14

The prophets of Samaria were no doubt guilty enough, but their offences dwindled by the side of the "horrible" transgressions of those of the southern kingdom. The prophet apparently means, not only that the former, having fewer spiritual advantages, were less responsible than the latter, but also that they had not violated the moral code so conspicuously. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:14

I have seen also , etc.; rather, But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen . Horrible; as in Jeremiah 5:30 . They commit adultery , etc.; literally, the committing adultery and the walking in lies—a much more forcible way of putting it. They are all of them ; rather, They have become all of them ; vie. either the prophets or the people in general. The inhabitants thereof ; viz. of Jerusalem. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:14

Prophets strengthening the hands of evildoers. Jeremiah had much to say at different times on the unfaithfulness of the prophets—how flatly opposed they were in all their conduct to that required by the duties of their office, how utterly negligent they were of the great opportunities of rebuke which were peculiarly their own. And there stands in this verse an expression which gives a climax to their evil-doings. A prophet shows himself most of all an evildoer when he upholds the hands of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:15

On the punishment hero threatened, see note on Jeremiah 9:15 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:10

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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:13-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:15

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