Jeremías 23:23-40 RVA

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-32

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly. The prophet had complained to God of those false prophets (Jer. 14:13), and had often foretold that they should be involved in the common ruin; but here they have woes of their own. I. He expresses the deep concern that he was under upon this account, and what a trouble it was to him to see men who... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

The profaneness of the people, with that of the priests and prophets, is here reproved in a particular instance, which may seem of small moment in comparison of their greater crimes; but profaneness in common discourse, and the debauching of the language of a nation, being a notorious evidence of the prevalency of wickedness in it, we are not to think it strange that this matter was so largely and warmly insisted upon here. Observe, I. The sin here charged upon them is bantering God's prophets... read more

John Gill

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

Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord ,.... Or "near" F6 מקרב "e propinquo", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "vel propinquus", Schmidt. ; that is, in heaven; and only sees, and hears, and observes persons and things there, being near unto him: and not a God afar off ? that sees, and hears, and takes notice of persons and things at a distance, even on earth. The meaning is, that he certainly was; and that persons and things on earth were as much under his cognizance and notice,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord ,.... If a man should hide himself in the most secret and hidden places of the earth, and do his works in the most private manner, so that no human eye can see him, he cannot hide himself or his actions from the Lord, who can see from heaven to earth, and through the darkest and thickest clouds, and into the very bowels of the earth, and the most hidden and secret recesses and caverns of it. The darkness and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:25

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name ,.... Or, "I hear what the prophets say" F7 אמרו "dicunt", Calvin, Cocceius. , &c.; though they thought God was at a distance from them, in the highest heavens, and neither saw, nor heard, nor took any notice of what was done on earth, they were greatly mistaken; he heard and observed with indignation the false doctrines and lying prophecies which they delivered out in his name to the people, whether in public or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies ?.... To invent such lies, and deceive the people, and turn them away from God; agreeably to the preceding and following verses: this shows that this was not through ignorance and inadvertence; it was a meditated and studied thing by them; they contrived it in their hearts, and they were resolute and bent upon it, and took much delight and pleasure in it; their hearts were in it, and it was in them to do as they did; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:27

Which think to cause my people to forget my name ,.... The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "my law". The word and worship of God; from which men are drawn off by false teachers, and are in a fair way to be brought to atheism, and to forget that there is a God; for when once men are turned from the word of God to believe lies, and from the pure worship of God to a false religion, there is no knowing where things will end; and, indeed, it was the design of these false prophets, a... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-32

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:33-40

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:27

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

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