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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream ,.... These words are directed not to a true prophet of the Lord, that has a dream from him, or something communicated to him in a dream by the Lord, which he is to deliver as such; but to a false prophet, that says he has dreamed; and if he has dreamed a dream, let him tell it as a "dream" F12 יספר חלום "narret ut somnium", Grotius, Gataker, Schmidt. ; so some supply it, as the fruit of his own roving fancy and imagination in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord ,.... The legal part of it is as fire; it is called a "fiery law", Deuteronomy 33:2 ; like fire, it is quick and piercing, and penetrating into the hearts and consciences of men; and works wrath there, and raises a fearful expectation of fiery indignation; it threatens with everlasting fire; it sentences men to the fire of hell; and the righteous Judge, in the execution of it, will be a consuming fire to wicked men. The Gospel part of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord ,.... The false prophets, with whom the Lord was displeased; he set himself against them, and was determined to bring wrath and ruin on them. So the Targum, "therefore, behold, I send my fury against the false prophets;' that steal my word , or "words" F17 דברי "verba mea", Munster, Pagniuus, Montanus, Schmidt. , everyone from his neighbour ; either from the true prophets; beginning their prophecies as they did,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:31

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord ,.... Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and set his face on another occasion; that use their tongues ; at their pleasure, their lips being their own. So the Targum, "who prophesy according to the will of their own hearts;' talk in a haughty and insolent manner, speaking bold and daring things of the divine Being; or in a... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord ,.... And not true ones, such as the Lord spoke in to his prophets, and which they communicated from him to his people; see Numbers 12:6 ; and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness ; by the false doctrines and prophecies which they delivered, and by their loose and disorderly lives which they led; so that they debauched the principles of the people by the former, and their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33

And when this people, or a prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee ,.... Any of the people, who were grown very profane; or any of the false prophets, who encouraged them in their irreligion and impiety; or any of the priests, who were in combination with them against the true prophets of the Lord; when any of these, in a scoffing jeering manner, should ask the Prophet Jeremiah, saying, what is the burden of the Lord ? or prophesy in the name of the Lord, as the Targum; and because some... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:34

And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people ,.... Be they one or the other, or all of them; no regard will be had to their character and office, rank and dignity: that shall say, the burden of the Lord ; using that phrase in a bantering and ludicrous manner: I will even punish that man and his house ; not only he, but his family, shall suffer for it. This shows how much it is resented by the Lord, and what a dangerous thing it is to lampoon the word of God, to make a... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:35

Thus shall ye say everyone to his neighbour, and everyone to his brother ,.... When conferring about religious things, and the word of God in particular; when any inquiry is made of another, whether any message from the Lord by his prophets? or what is it? that it should not be put in such deriding and calumniating words, "what is the burden of the Lord?" but in more decent and becoming language, thus, what hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken ? they might lawfully and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:36

And the burden of the Lord shall be mentioned no more ,.... Or the word of the Lord under that name, speaking of it in a ludicrous and scoffing manner: for every man's word shall be his burden ; every flout, scoff, and jeer of his, at the word of God, shall fall heavily upon him, with weight upon his conscience, and press him with guilt to the lowest hell; or, however, a heavy punishment for his sin shall light upon him: or, as the words may be rendered, "for his word is a burden to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:37

Thus shall thou say to the prophet ,.... To Jeremiah, or any true prophet of the Lord; after the following manner should everyone address him, that made any inquiry of the will of the Lord by him: what hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken ? this is repeated from Jeremiah 23:35 ; for the confirmation of it, and for the direction of the people, and to show how much the Lord approved of such a way of behaving towards his prophet, and himself by him. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:37

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