Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 23:23-24
Jeremiah 23:23-24. Am I a God at hand and not a God afar off? Do these false prophets imagine that I am only a God in some particular places, and that I cannot see or know things done privately, or at a distance from the place where they suppose me to be? Do they think to impose upon me, or vent their own dreams in my name, and I not discover them? As if either distance or secrecy could place any thing out of the reach of my power and knowledge. Atheism, or ignorance of God, is generally... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:29
Like as a fire - God’s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and aves, only the genuine metal. Compare Hebrews 4:12.Like a hammer ... - God’s word rouses and strengthens the conscience and crushes within the heart everything that is evil. read more