Jeremiah 23:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? ”

Jeremiah 23:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like as a fire - God’s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and aves, only the genuine metal. Compare Hebrews 4:12 . Like a hammer ... - God’s word rouses and strength...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Is not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
Jeremiah 23:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms what he said of the chaff and the wheat, but in different words. It was a fit comparison when Jeremiah compared God’s word to wheat, and the figments of men to chaff. But as the Jew...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1062 FIDELITY REQUIRED IN MINISTERS Jeremiah 23:28-29 , He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Is not my word like as a fire? - It enlightens, warms, and penetrates every part. When it is com...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Is not my word like as a fire? - as the "fire" consumes the "chaff," so "my word" will consu...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. A remnant shall return.
Jeremiah 23:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is not my word like as a fire?... — The prophet speaks out of the depths of his own experience. The true prophetic word burns in the heart of a man, and will not be restrained ( Jeremiah 5:14 ; Je...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord ,.... The legal part of it is as fire; it is called a "fiery law", Deuteronomy 33:2 ; like fire, it is quick and piercing, and penetrating into the h...
Jeremiah 23:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces? Ver. 29. Is not my word like a fire? ] As it is like solid wheat, wholesome...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The prophet that hath a dream let him tell a dream Or, as some render it, let him tell it as a dream. Let him lay no more stress upon it than men do upon their dreams, nor expect any more regard...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 600. 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the pr...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Full of life and efficacy, 1 Thessalonians 6:63 Hebrews 4:12 ; like a fire that warmeth, and healeth, and melteth, and consumeth the dross; and like a hammer that breaketh the flints, so my...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 23:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 23:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Jeremiah 23:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully. The word and the dream The prophet here exhibits in contrast Divine teaching and...
Jeremiah 23:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 23:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophets
Jeremiah 23:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 10:4 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 ; 2 Corinthians 2:16 ; Acts 2:3 ; Acts 2:37 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; Jeremiah 20:9 ; Jeremiah 5:14 ; John 6:63 ; Luke 24:32 ; Revelation 11:5

Jeremiah 23:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 23:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 23:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 23:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 23:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 23:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 23:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 23:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 23:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 23:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge