Jeremiah 23:32

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 23:30-32

Jeremiah 23:30-32. Behold, I am against the prophets that steal my words, &c. “That imitate the true prophets, speaking in my name, as they do, and saying, Thus saith the Lord, (see Jeremiah 23:31,) and using their words, but applying them to their own purpose: or, it may be, adding their own inventions to them.” So Lowth. Others paraphrase the verse thus, “That conspire together what to say to deceive the people, and to steal what they say one from another.” Or, perhaps the meaning... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 23:32

lightness = reckless boasting. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 23:32

32. Third class: inventors of lies: the climax, and worst of the three. lightness—wanton inventions (Zephaniah 3:4). not profit—that is, greatly injure. 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 23:30-32

Yahweh announced His antagonism against the false prophets because they got messages from one another, or from their own minds, or from a dream, and then claimed that they were from the Lord. They were misleading God’s people and were not benefiting them in the least (cf. Jeremiah 23:1-4). In our day, many liberal preachers begin their messages with "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," and then proceed to deliver an unbiblical sermon. They give placebos to the people... 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 23:32

(32) False dreams.—The words may mean either actual dreams, which have nothing answering to them in the world of facts, or dreams which are not really such, but simply, as in Jeremiah 23:31, the form in which the deceiver seeks to work out his plans.By their lightness.—The Hebrew word is the same in meaning as the “unstable as water” of Genesis 49:4, the “light persons” of Judges 9:4; Zephaniah 3:4, and points primarily to the gushing or spurting forth of water. Here it points to what we may... 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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