Jeremiah 43:2
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
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 →