Jeremiah 23:18

For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?

Young's Literal Translation

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

17Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And [to] every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you.

19Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah — Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:23And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where [is] this — the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?'

Job 21:22To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

Isaiah 40:13Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him!

Amos 3:7For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

1 Corinthians 2:16for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we — we have the mind 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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