Jeremiah 23:18

For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 tothem that blaspheme me: The Lord hath said: You shall have peace: and to every one that walketh in the perverseness of his own heart, they have said: No evil shall come to you.

19Behold the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation shall come forth, and a tempest shall break out and come upon the head of the wicked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23And Sedecias the son of Chanaana came, and struck Micheas on the cheek and said: Which way went the spirit of the Lord from me, to speak to thee?

Job 21:22Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

Isaiah 40:13Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him?

Amos 3:7For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that we 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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