Jeremiah 23:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:23-32

The giving forth of the word of man as the word of God. I. GOD 'S UNFAILING OBSERVATION . All the reasonings within the minds of these false prophets are open to God. They themselves, audacious, and to some extent self-deluded, reckon on not being detected. They speak what the people wish to believe, and are thus pretty certain of finding acceptance from them. But they forget, or rather they have never properly understood, the omnipresence of God. If this attribute of God had been... read more

Joseph Benson

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 23:24

Can . . . ? . . . Do . . . ? Figure of speech E rotesis. fill. The Hebrew accent (" Tiphcha' ") puts the emphasis on "fill" (not on "earth"), denoting the fullness of the Divine presence which no place can in clude, or ex clude. A fullness of grace, of the prophetic word of judgment, and of promise. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:24

24. (Psalms 139:7; Amos 9:2; Amos 9:3). fill heaven and earth—with My omniscience, providence, power, and essential being (Amos 9:3- :). 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 23:24

The people tried to hide from God in the sense that they did evil that they thought He could not see. The Lord reminded His people through Jeremiah that He is everywhere in the universe. There is no place where they could go to hide from Him (cf. Psalms 139; Amos 9:2-4)."It is not wealth of knowledge as the result of long life or old age that God claims for Himself in Jeremiah 23:24, but the power of seeing into that which is hidden so that none can conceal himself from Him, or omniscience."... 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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 23:1-40

The Lord Our Righteousness Jeremiah 23:6 I. You must have some righteousness, or you will not be saved. The Bible says plainly, 'The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God'; 'The righteous hath hope in his death'; 'Thy people,'says Isaiah, 'shall be all righteous'. Many often say they know they are not what they should be, but 'God is merciful '. Their religion goes no further; this is the first and last of all their Christianity. This will not stand before the Bible. God is a God of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-40

CHAPTER VIIIBAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETSJeremiah 23:1-40, Jeremiah 24:1-10"Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1"Of what avail is straw instead of Grain?is not My word like fire, like a hammer that shattereth the rocks?"- Jeremiah 23:28-29THE captivity of Jehoiachin and the deportation of the flower of the people marked the opening of the last scene in the tragedy of Judah and of a new period in the ministry of Jeremiah. These events,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 23:9-40

CHAPTER 23:9-40 Condemnation of the False Prophets 1. Jeremiah’s lament on account of the false prophets (Jeremiah 23:9-14 ) 2. The condemnation of these prophets (Jeremiah 23:15-32 ) 3. Forgotten and forsaken (Jeremiah 23:33-40 ) Jeremiah 23:9-14 . The prophet is overwhelmed because of the wicked prophets, because in the LORD’s house wickedness was found. The false prophets of Samaria had led the people into idolatry and the prophets of Judah were guilty of all kinds of immoralities.... read more

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