Jeremiah 23:28-29 NIV

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord - Do not mingle these equivocal matters with positive revelations. Do not consider a dream, even from a prophet, as that positive inspiration which my prophets receive when their reason, judgment, and spiritual feelings are all in full and in regular exercise. Mix none of your own devices with my doctrines. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like as a fire? - It enlightens, warms, and penetrates every part. When it is communicated to the true prophet, it is like a fire shut up in his bones; he cannot retain it, he must publish it: and when published, it is like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces; it is ever accompanied by a Divine power, that causes both sinner and saint to feel its weight and importance. In the original words there is something singular: כאש דברי כה הלוא halo coh debari kaesh , "Is not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

Verse 28 We ought also to read this verse attentively, for doubtless it contains a doctrine especially useful. I have already said, that the faith of many might have failed at seeing a conflict in the Temple of God, not only among the common people, but also among the prophets of God. God did not appear from heaven, nor did he send his angels, but would have himself to be heard through men. They who came to the Temple expected the prophets to teach them. There the ministers of Satan appeared,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:29

Verse 29 He confirms what he said of the chaff and the wheat, but in different words. It was a fit comparison when Jeremiah compared God’s word to wheat, and the figments of men to chaff. But as the Jews, through their ingratitude, rendered the word of God ineffectual, so it did not become to them a spiritual support, the Prophet says that it would become like a fire and like a hammer, (112) as though he had said, that though the Jews were void of judgment, as they had become hardened in their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-40

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-40

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:23-32

Jehovah has observed and will punish the false pretensions of the prophets. read more

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 23:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 23:23-32

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