Jeremiah 23:23

I am a God nigh at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

In Context

22But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had hearkened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.

24Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:28And the word of the Lord came by the hand of his servant Eliu concerning Achaab, and the Lord said,

Psalms 139:1For the end, a Psalm of David.

Jonah 1:3But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.

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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