Jeremiah 23:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. ”

Jeremiah 23:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That use their tongues - literally, that take their tongues. Their second characteristic. They have no message from God, but they take their tongues, their only implement, and say, He saith, usin...
Jeremiah 23:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, (a) He saith. (a) That is, the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:31 - 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 23:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

say, He saith . uttered it as an oracle. Hebrew. ne'um. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 22:16 ; Numbers 14:28 ; Numbers 24:3 ; Numbers 24:4 ; Numbers 24:15 ; Numbers 24:16 ). Frequent in th...
Jeremiah 23:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He adds, secondly, Behold, I am against the prophets, who mollify their own tongue Almost all interpreters take לקה, lekech, as signifying to render sweet or soft; and they understand th...
Jeremiah 23:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Jeremiah 23:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Use their tongues - rather, 'take' х haloqªchiym ( H3947 )] their tongue: a second class (cf....
Jeremiah 23:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. A remnant shall return.
Jeremiah 23:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That use their tongues, and say, He saith. — Literally, that take their tongues. There is no adequate evidence for the marginal rendering “that smooth their tongues.” The scornful phrase indicate...
Jeremiah 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the Lord ,.... Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was,...
Jeremiah 23:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Ver. 31. That use their tongues. ] Or, Abuse them rather, to smoothing and soothing up people in the...
Jeremiah 23:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I am against the prophets that steal my words , &c. “That imitate the true prophets, speaking in my name, as they do, and saying, Thus saith the Lord , (see Jeremiah 23:31 ,) and using...
Jeremiah 23:31 - 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 23:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Some think the Hebrew words were more properly translated smooth their tongues : see the English Annotations. But the next words seem to assure us that the crime for which God here by the prophet re...
Jeremiah 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - 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 23:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophets
Jeremiah 23:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 30:10 ; Jeremiah 23:17 ; Micah 2:11
Jeremiah 23:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — That is, the Lord saith.

Jeremiah 23:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 23:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 23:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 23:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 23:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 23:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 23:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 23:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes