Jeremiah 23:28
If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
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In Context
29Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
Cross References
1 Kings 22:16Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
Isaiah 21:10O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.
Matthew 24:45Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
1 Corinthians 3:12But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in 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 →