Jeremiah 23:18

For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?

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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

17To those who blaspheme me, they say: ‘The Lord has said: You shall have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the depravity of his own heart, they have said: ‘No evil will overwhelm you.’”

19Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord’s indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, approached, and he struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said: “In what way did the Spirit of the Lord depart from me, so that he would speak to you?”

Job 21:22Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?

Isaiah 40:13Who has assisted the Spirit of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor and has revealed things to him?

Amos 3:7For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct 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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