Jeremiah 23:18

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

American Standard 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 unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

19Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is 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 went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?

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

Isaiah 40:13Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

Amos 3:7Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

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