Jeremiah 23:18

For who hath stand in the counsel of the Lord that he hath perceiued and heard his word? Who hath marked his worde and heard it?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 still vnto them that despise mee, The Lord hath sayde, Ye shall haue peace: and they say vnto euery one that walketh after the stubbernesse of his owne heart, No euill shall come vpon you.

19Beholde, the tempest of the Lord goeth forth in his wrath, and a violent whirlewinde shall fall downe vpon the head of the wicked.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zidkiah the sonne of Chenaanah came neere, and smote Michaiah vpon the cheeke, and sayde, By what way went the Spirit of the Lord from me, to speake with thee?

Job 21:22Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?

Isaiah 40:13Who hath instructed ye Spirit of the Lord? or was his counseler or taught him?

Amos 3:7Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reueileth his secrete vnto his seruantes the Prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16For who hath knowen the minde of the Lord, that hee might instruct him? But we haue the minde of 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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