Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud and rebellious men told Jeremiah, “You're lying! The Lord our God hasn't sent you to tell us, ‘You are not to go and live in Egypt.’
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1After Jeremiah finished telling everyone everything that the Lord their God had sent him to say,
Cross References
Exodus 9:17But in your pride you are still tyrannizing my people, and refuse to let them leave.
Psalms 10:4The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
Psalms 119:21You reprimand those who are arrogant; those who don't follow your commandments are cursed.
Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,
Proverbs 16:5The Lord hates the arrogant. You can be certain of this: the wicked won't go unpunished.
Proverbs 30:9Otherwise if I have plenty of money, I may give up on you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” while if I'm poor I may steal and bring the name of my God into disrepute.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:2-8
The People's Insolent Reply. ( b. c. 588.) 1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against… Read the whole commentary →