Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with (m) wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
(m) Read (Jeremiah 8:14).
PROFANENESS - Desecration....
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)...
THE LORD OF HOSTS. Jehovah Zebaioth. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 and 1 Samuel 1:3....
_Behold, I will.…_ identical with words in Jeremiah 9:15, where see notes. Here it may be originally a marginal note by a copyist, reminiscent of that passage. _wormwood_ Cp. Deuteronomy 29:18; Prover...
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...
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...
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone f...
23:15 profaneness (a-31) Or 'godless;' and in ver. 15, 'ungodliness.'...
1-4. A remnant shall return....
WORMWOOD... WATER OF GALL. — See Notes on Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15. PROFANENESS. — The root-meaning of the Hebrew word is that of “veiling,” hence that of simulated holiness, or, as in the margin,...
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ עַל ־ה
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...
_Gall, or something mortally bitter, chap. ix. 15. (Haydock)_...
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...
This verse is addressed to the prophets of the kingdom of Judah, as we learn from its conclusion; and thus the exposition which I have given is confirmed, even this, that God extenuates the fault of o...
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...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS CONCERNING THE PROPHETS,.... Concerning the false prophets, as the Targum; their sin is before declared, and now their punishment: BEHOLD, I WILL FEED THEM WITH...
_Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone f...
_Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets_ The priests also, and all ecclesiastical guides, are included. _Behold, I will feed them with wormwood_ Will afflict them with most bitter calam...
AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
PROFANENESS: Or, hypocrisy...
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...
Under the term _prophets_ he comprehendeth all the ecclesiastical guides of Jerusalem at this time, whether priests or prophets. He threatens to FEED THEM WITH WORMWOOD; some think the word is better...
Jeremiah 23:15 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 prophets H5030 feed H398 (H8688) wormwood H3939 drink...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 23:15 Compare Jeremiah 9:15. Judah’s UNGODLINESS begins with those who teach God’s ways falsely (see...
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...
Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:15; Lamentations 3:19;...