Jeremiah 23:13 - Exposition

I have seen folly ; rather, absurdity or unseemliness ; literally, that which is unsavory (comp. Job 6:6 ). The word occurs with a similar reference to Jehovah in Job 1:22 ; Job 24:12 . To "prophesy by Baal" was "absurd," "unseemly," because Baal was a "non-entity" (Isaiah's word for an idol). In Baal ; rather, by , or by means of , Baal (see on Jeremiah 2:8 ).