Jeremiah 23:18

For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

In Context

17They say continually to those who despise me, ‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace;”’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’

19Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the LORD’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

Job 21:22“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?

Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord that he should instruct him?” But we have Christ’s mind.

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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