Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:14Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?
Acts 2:3And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
2 Corinthians 2:16to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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 →