Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet who has had a dream, let him describe the dream. And he who receives my word, let him speak my word in truth. For what has the chaff to do with the wheat, says the Lord?
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In Context
29Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock?
Cross References
1 Kings 22:16But the king said to him, “I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord.”
Isaiah 21:10O my threshed grain! O sons of my threshing floor! What I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have announced to you.”
Matthew 24:45Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time?
1 Corinthians 3:12But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble,
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and 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 →