Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
23Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27But will God in very truth dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
2 Chronicles 6:18But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.
Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
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 →