Jeremiah 23:28

הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר ־ אִתּוֹ חֲלוֹם יְסַפֵּר חֲלוֹם וַאֲשֶׁר דְּבָרִי אִתּוֹ יְדַבֵּר דְּבָרִי אֱמֶת מַה ־ לַתֶּבֶן אֶת ־ הַבָּר נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

27הַחֹשְׁבִים לְהַשְׁכִּיחַ אֶת ־ עַמִּי שְׁמִי בַּחֲלוֹמֹתָם אֲשֶׁר יְסַפְּרוּ אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכְחוּ אֲבוֹתָם אֶת ־ שְׁמִי בַּבָּֽעַל ׃

29הֲלוֹא כֹה דְבָרִי כָּאֵשׁ נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה וּכְפַטִּישׁ יְפֹצֵֽץ סָֽלַע ׃ ס

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:16וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד ־ כַּמֶּה פְעָמִים אֲנִי מַשְׁבִּעֶךָ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ תְדַבֵּר אֵלַי רַק ־ אֱמֶת בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה ׃

Isaiah 21:10מְדֻשָׁתִי וּבֶן ־ גָּרְנִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִגַּדְתִּי לָכֶֽם ׃ ס

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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