Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Jeremiah 23:29
Fire] which consumes the dross. 30, 31. The false prophets steal the phrases of the true, e.g. 'He saith.'
Fire] which consumes the dross. 30, 31. The false prophets steal the phrases of the true, e.g. 'He saith.'
Verse Jeremiah 23:29. IS _NOT MY WORD LIKE AS A FIRE?_] It enlightens, warms, and penetrates every part. When it is communicated to the true prophet, it is _like a fire_ shut up in his bones; he cann...
LIKE AS A FIRE - God’s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and aves, only the genuine metal. Compare Hebrews 4:12. LIKE A HAMMER ... - God’s word rouses and strengthens the co...
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)...
IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._...
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...
See introd. summary to section....
This _v_. supplies a further test of a genuine prophetic utterance, viz. penetration and power. _like as fire_ Cp. Jeremiah 5:14 and note there. The conception is that "of the prophetic word as endow...
DISCOURSE: 1062 FIDELITY REQUIRED IN MINISTERS Jeremiah 23:28, _He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as fire? sa...
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...
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? IS NOT MY WORD LIKE AS A FIRE? - as the "fire" consumes the "chaff," so "my word" will consume the...
IS NOT MY WORD LIKE AS A FIRE?... — The prophet speaks out of the depths of his own experience. The true prophetic word burns in the heart of a man, and will not be restrained (Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah...
הֲ לֹ֨וא כֹ֧ה דְבָרִ֛י כָּ † אֵ֖שׁ...
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...
_Pieces? True prophets will have a zeal fo the conversion of souls, chap. xx. 9., and Hebrews iv. 12._...
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...
He confirms what he said of the chaff and the wheat, but in different words. It was a fit comparison when Jeremiah compared God’s word to wheat, and the figments of men to chaff. But as the Jews, thro...
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...
[IS] NOT MY WORD LIKE AS A FIRE? SAITH THE LORD,.... The legal part of it is as fire; it is called a "fiery law", Deuteronomy 33:2; like fire, it is quick and piercing, and penetrating into the hearts...
Jeremiah 23:29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces? Ver. 29. _Is not my word like a fire?_] As it is like solid wheat, wholesome food...
_The prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream_ Or, as some render it, _let him tell it as a dream._ Let him lay no more stress upon it than men do upon their dreams, nor expect any more regard t...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
Is not My Word like as a fire? saith the Lord, devouring and destroying all the philosophy of men which will not stand the test of His eternal truth, AND LIKE A HAMMER THAT BREAKETH THE ROCK IN PIECES...
23-32 Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and th...
Full of life and efficacy, 1 THESSALONIANS 6:63 HEBREWS 4:12; LIKE A FIRE THAT WARMETH, and healeth, and melteth, and consumeth the dross; AND LIKE A HAMMER THAT BREAKETH the flints, so my word breake...
Jeremiah 23:29 word H1697 like H3541 fire H784 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hammer H6360 breaks H6327 rock...
YHWH REJECTS THE TESTIMONY OF THE FALSE JERUSALEM PROPHETS AND REVEALS HIMSELF AS THE ALL-KNOWING ONE), CONDEMNING THE TEMPLE PROPHETS AS FALSE DREAMERS WHO CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO ERR. THEY ARE IN DIRECT...
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...
_The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully._ THE WORD AND THE DREAM The prophet here exhibits in contrast Divine teaching and the...
_Is not My Word like as a fire?_ saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? GOD’S FIRE AND HAMMER I. The word of God has power in it. 1. It is like a fire. (1) You who are...
A MAGIC HAMMER A hammer. Jeremiah 23:29. Have you ever heard of the great god Thor, whom the Scandinavians worshipped centuries ago, before they heard of the true God? Whether you know of him or not...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 23:29 LIKE FIRE. God’s WORD, in contrast to that of the false prophets, burns the straw of falsehood (v. Je
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 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Acts 2:3;...