Jerusalem. These were far worse, as they pretended to be inspired by God, whereas those of Samaria publicly adhered to Baal; so that the people must have been foolish to have been deceived by them. (Calmet)
Verse Jeremiah 23:14. _I HAVE SEEN ALSO IN THE PROPHETS OF JERUSALEM_] That is, the prophets of Jerusalem, while professing a pure _faith_, have followed the ways, and become as corrupt as the prophet...
Rather, “But in the prophets of Jerusalem” etc. Their conduct is more strongly condemned than that of the Baal-priests. THEY STRENGTHEN ... - First by neglecting to warn and rebuke sinners: secondly...
CHAPTER 23:9-40 Condemnation of the False Prophets _ 1. Jeremiah's lament on account of the false prophets (Jeremiah 23:9) _ 2. The condemnation of these prophets (Jeremiah 23:15) 3. Forgotten and...
THE PROPHETS. Jeremiah is overcome by the stern message given him to deliver. The evil of the land is encouraged by prophet and priest (Jeremiah 6:13), even the Temple being dishonoured (2 Kings 21:5)...
Jeremiah 23:9-40. Condemnation of the prophets Following on the prophecies relating to successive kings of Judah, we have a section dealing with the iniquities of a class who also grievously misled t...
_all of them_ the prophets and their hearers alike. _thereof_ of Jerusalem....
I HAVE SEEN FOLLY— Jeremiah draws a contrast between the sins of the prophets of Samaria, and of Jerusalem, and pronounces those of the latter to be more enormous, because the former seduced the peopl...
E. The Condemnation of False Prophets Jeremiah 23:9-40 The heading over Jeremiah 23:9 reads against the prophets. In this section of the book which deals with national leaders past, present and future...
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they a...
1-4. A remnant shall return....
The representatives of God encourage evil doers by their own misdeeds....
THEY COMMIT ADULTERY, AND WALK IN LIES... — The union of the claim to prophesy in the name of Jehovah with these flagrant breaches of His law was more hateful in the prophet’s eyes even than the open...
וּ בִ נְבִאֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם רָאִ֣יתִי שַׁעֲרוּרָ֗ה...
CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail is straw instead...
Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been responsible for the failure of the people, the false kings and p...
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem (k) an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: the...
The Prophet is here representing the horrible state of false prophets, and the awful termination of such conduct. A portion suited not only to the days of Jeremiah but to all ages of the Church. Lord!...
It follows,_They commit adultery, and walk in deception _Expositors think that there is a change of number; but what if these words be applied to the people? as though Jeremiah had said, “When any one...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23. On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the Spir...
I HAVE SEEN ALSO IN THE PROPHETS OF JERUSALEM AN HORRIBLE THING,.... Or "but", or "so have I seen", c. as before observed even in the prophets of Jerusalem, where the temple was, and where the pure wo...
_I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they a...
_I have seen_ Rather, _I saw_, namely, formerly, before I cast them out of their own land; _folly_ Hebrew, תפלה, _stupidity, infatuation._ The LXX. render it, ανομηματα, _iniquities_, or unlawful acti...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing, an abomination which filled him with loathing: THEY COMMIT ADULTERY AND WALK IN LIES, in an utterly immoral and hypocritical life; THEY...
AN HORRIBLE THING: Or, filthiness...
9-22 The false prophets of Samaria had deluded the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem as guilty of more horrible wickedness, by which the people were...
AN HORRIBLE THING; the word signifies FILTHINESS, STENCH, or an abominable thing, things every whit as bad, in some kind worse, than what I saw in the prophets of the ten tribes. THEY COMMIT ADULTERY;...
Jeremiah 23:14 seen H7200 (H8804) thing H8186 prophets H5030 Jerusalem H3389 adultery H5003 (H8800) walk H1980
2). YHWH CALUMNIATES THE FALSE PROPHETS AND QUESTIONS WHAT THEY TEACH, EXPLAINING WHAT THE RESULTS OF THEIR PROPHESYING WILL BE, AND EMPHASISING THAT THEY WERE NOT SENT OR ENLIGHTENED BY HIM (JEREMIAH...
JEREMIAH'S DIATRIBE AGAINST THE PROPHETS, HEADED AS ‘CONCERNING THE PROPHETS' (JEREMIAH 23:9). Having set right the vision of the future, Jeremiah now turns on those who had been distorting that visio...
Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD._ What a dreadful woe this is upon all false shepherds, those who profess to be sent of God to...
CONTENTS: Future restoration and conversion of Israel. Message against the faithless shepherds. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Woe be to those who are commanded to feed God's people and preten...
Jeremiah 23:1. _Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep._ Princes are often called pastors, as Cyrus, Isaiah 44:28, because they enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum, and...
_They strengthen also the hands of evil-doers._ STRENGTHENING THE HANDS OF THE WICKED 1. All sin is horrible in its nature, as being contrary to the character and will of God. 2. To strengthen the...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—The chapter is an epilogue to the denunciations of the three kings in chap. 22. It must have been written and proclaimed about the beginnin...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. Like Isaiah, our prophet follows up denunciation with consolation...
Now in chapter 23 God speaks out against those Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the LORD (Jeremiah 23:1). God said, "They're My sheep, but these pastors are scattering...
1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 2:6;...