“ Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? ”
At hand - Or, near. An appeal to the omnipotence of God in demonstration of the wickedness of the prophets. His power is not limited, so that He can notice only things close to Him, but is univer...
[Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God (s) afar off? (s) Do I not see your falsehood, however you cloak it, and wherever you commit it?
The Prophets. Jeremiah is overcome by the stern message given him to deliver. The evil of the land is encouraged by prophet and priest ( Jeremiah 6:13 ), even the Temple being dishonoured ( 2 Kings...
Am.... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. and not, &c. Figure of speech Pleonasm , for emphasis.
Here he especially shakes off from hypocrites their self-delusions; for they were torpid in their vices, because they thought that they could in a manner blind the eyes of God. They did not ind...
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Am I a God at hand, - and not a God afar off? - You act as if you thought I could not see you! Am I not omnipresent? Do not I fill the he...
Am I a God at hand, &c.— This verse is well explained by the next: "Do you think that I regard heavenly things only, and not those of the earth?—on the contrary, I fill both heaven and earth; e...
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Am I a God at hand ... and not a God afar off? - Let not the false prophets fancy that their devices ( Jeremiah 23:25 ) are unknown...
1-4. A remnant shall return.
Am I a God at hand...? — This and the two questions that follow are essentially the same in thought. The false prophets acted as if God were far away out of their sight ( Psalms 10:11 ; Psalms 73:...
CHAPTER VIII BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS Jeremiah 23:1-40 , Jeremiah 24:1-10 "Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1 "Of what avail i...
Having thus passed in review the predecessors of Zedekiah on the throne of Judah, the prophet proceeded to deal with those who had been responsible for the failure of the people, the false kings and...
At the opening of this passage, we have the Lord's sentence upon them, and an awful one it is. Wormwood and gall are strong figures to set forth the awful bitterness in the close of such a life! Prop...
[Am] I a God at hand, saith the Lord ,.... Or "near" f; that is, in heaven; and only sees, and hears, and observes persons and things there, being near unto him: and not a God afar off ? that sees...
Jeremiah 23:23 [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? Ver. 23. Am I a God at hand, and not a God afar off? ] See I not what is done on earth, which seemeth further from me...
Am I a God at hand and not a God afar off? Do these false prophets imagine that I am only a God in some particular places, and that I cannot see or know things done privately, or at a distance from...
Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 600. 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the pr...
Atheism is generally the foundation of ill life. Men say God sees them not, the Almighty doth not regard. them. By a God at hand many understand heaven: Do you think that my eyes are limited like you...
Jeremiah's Diatribe Against The Prophets, Headed As ‘Concerning The Prophets' ( Jeremiah 23:9-40 ). Having set right the vision of the future, Jeremiah now turns on those who had been distorting t...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —The chapter is an epilogue to the denunciations of the three kings in chap. 22. It must have been written and proclaimed about the begin...
Jeremiah 23:1 . Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. What a dreadful woe this is upon all false shepherds, those who profess to be sent of God...
Jeremiah 23:1 . Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep. Princes are often called pastors, as Cyrus, Isaiah 44:28 , because they enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum,...
Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? God nigh at hand God is nigh at hand for judgment: the period of judgment, therefore, need not be postponed until a remote age; every...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1-24 ; Jeremiah 22:1-24 . Like Isaiah, our prophet follows up denunciation...
Against the False Prophets
1 Kings 20:23 ; 1 Kings 20:28 ; Ezekiel 20:32-35 ; Jonah 1:3 ; Jonah 1:4 ; Psalms 113:5 ; Psalms 139:1-10