Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet who hath a dream, let him tell a dream; And he that hath my word, let him speak my word truly! What is the chaff to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

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In The King James Version

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

In Context

27Who think to cause my people to forget my name By the dreams which they relate one to another, As their fathers forgot my name through Baal?

29Is not my word like fire, saith Jehovah, And like a hammer, that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:10O my threshing, and the corn of my floor! What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, That have I declared to you.

Matthew 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord placed over his household, to give them their food in due season?

1 Corinthians 3:12But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as the many, who adulterate the word of God; but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

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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