Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
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23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Job 24:13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Psalms 139:8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
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 →