Jeremiah 23:29

Is not thus my word, like the fire? saith the Lord, and like a hammer that shivereth the rock?

Leeser Tanakh

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

28The prophet that hath had a dream, let him relate his dream; and he that hath received my word, let him speak my word of truth. What hath the straw to do with the corn? saith the Lord.

30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:14Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

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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