Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet that hath a dreame, let him tell a dreame, and hee that hath my worde, let him speake my worde faithfully: what is the chaffe to the wheate, sayth the Lord?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
29Is not my word euen like a fire, sayeth the Lord? and like an hammer, that breaketh the stone?
Cross References
1 Kings 22:16And the King said vnto him, How oft shall I charge thee, that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the Lord?
Isaiah 21:10O my threshing, and the corne of my floore. That which I haue heard of the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, haue I shewed vnto you.
Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?
1 Corinthians 3:12And if any man builde on this foundation, golde, siluer, precious stones, timber, haye, or stubble,
2 Corinthians 2:17For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we 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 →