Jeremiah 23:18

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

Berean Standard Bible

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 keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”

Job 21:22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to 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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