Jeremiah 23:18

For who has stood in the council of LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

In Context

17They say continually to those who despise me, LORD has said, Ye shall have peace. And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

19Behold, the tempest of LORD, wrath, has gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest. It shall burst upon the head of the wicked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

Job 21:22Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?

Isaiah 40:13Who has has known the mind (LXX/NT) of LORD, or being his counselor has taught him?

Amos 3:7Surely lord LORD will do nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16For who has known the mind of Lord that he will stand with him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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