Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like fire, saith Jehovah, And like a hammer, that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Noyes Bible
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
30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, That steal my words one from another.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:14Therefore thus saith Jehovah, God of hosts: Because ye say such things, Behold, I will make thy words in thy mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the way, while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Acts 2:3and there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributing themselves; and one sat upon each of them.
2 Corinthians 2:16to the latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart;
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 →