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Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. It was a foolish idea to think that the all-knowing God would not know his whereabouts. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord, nothing being hidden from His omniscient gaze, from His omnipresence. With these attributes at His disposal, the Lord is naturally familiar with the acts and thoughts of all men everywhere.

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See also Jeremiah 23:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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 ca...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The connexion of thought has been variously explained. (i) The LXX make Jeremiah 23:23 an affirmation, not a question. God, as universally present, can never be at a distance, and this agrees with Jer...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See introd. summary to section. Here we again take up the thought of Jeremiah 23:18....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _The methods of the false prophets_ (Jeremiah 23:23-32) TRANSLATION (23) Am I a God near at hand (oracle of the LORD), and not a God far off? (24) Can a man hide himself in secret places that I am...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִם ־יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּ † מִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    At the opening of this passage, we have the Lord's sentence upon them, and an awful one it is. Wormwood and gall are strong figures to set forth the awful bitterness in the close of such a life! Proph...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    And that this is the meaning appears more clearly from the next verse, which ought to be read in connection with this; _Will a man hide himself in coverts, that I should not see him? _(106) This verse...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    CAN ANY HIDE HIMSELF IN SECRET PLACES THAT I SHALL NOT SEE HIM? SAITH THE LORD,.... If a man should hide himself in the most secret and hidden places of the earth, and do his works in the most private...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    What do these atheistical priests, and prophets, and people think? Do they think that I, who am a God of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, see and take notice of what doctrine they preach, and what...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 23:24 anyone H376 hide H5641 (H8735) places H4565 see H7200 (H8799) says H5002 (H8803) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?_ GOD NIGH AT HAND God is nigh at hand for judgment: the period of judgment, therefore, need not be postponed until a remote age; every man...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Amos 9:2; Amos 9:3;...

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