Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 23:13
They prophesied — Pretending they had their instructions from Baal, and so caused the ten tribes to err, which then were called Israel in contradistinction to Judah.
They prophesied — Pretending they had their instructions from Baal, and so caused the ten tribes to err, which then were called Israel in contradistinction to Judah.
Verse Jeremiah 23:13. _I HAVE SEEN FOLLY IN THE PROPHETS OF SAMARIA_] This was not to be wondered at, for their religion was a system of corruption....
AND I HAVE SEEN FOLLY ... - Rather, “Also I have seen.” The prophet contrasts the prophets of Samaria with those of Jerusalem. In the conduct of the former God saw folly (literally that which is insip...
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...
_folly_ lit. that which is tasteless, insipid (cp. cognate substantive in Job 6:6 rendered "that which hath no savour"), hence moral unsavouriness, unseemliness. _prophets of Samaria_ They were simpl...
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...
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. I HAVE SEEN FOLLY - literally, insipidity unsavouriness () not having the salt of god...
1-4. A remnant shall return....
I HAVE SEEN FOLLY... — Literally, as in Job 6:6, _that which is unsavoury_ — _i.e., insipid,_ and so, ethically, _foolish._ The guilt of the prophets of Samaria cannot be passed over, but it is notice...
וּ בִ נְבִיאֵ֥י שֹׁמְרֹ֖ון רָאִ֣יתִי תִפְלָ֑ה...
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...
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!...
These two verses are to be read together; for there is no doubt but that the Prophet here compares the false prophets, who had corrupted God’s worship in the kingdom of Israel, with those in Jerusalem...
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...
AND I HAVE SEEN FOLLY IN THE PROPHETS OF SAMARIA,.... The ten tribes of Israel, among whom, in Ahab's time there were many false prophets, Baal's prophets, even four hundred and fifty; whose "folly" t...
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Ver. 13. _And I have seen folly._] Heb., Insalsity. Folly is as unpleasant to the intell...
_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...
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria, perversity and absurdity, the teaching of insipid doctrines; THEY PROPHESIED IN BAAL, insisting that they were inspired by this idol, AND CAUSED MY PE...
FOLLY: Or, an absurd thing, _Heb._ unsavoury...
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...
There was a time when I saw _folly in the prophets_ that belonged to the ten tribes, whose chief city was Samaria. The word translated FOLLY signifies unsavoury, or an absurd thing. Our Saviour compar...
Jeremiah 23:13 seen H7200 (H8804) folly H8604 prophets H5030 Samaria H8111 prophesied H5012 (H8694) Baal H1168
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:9; Hosea 9:7; Hosea 9:8; Isaiah 9:16; Jeremiah 2:8...