The prophet now applies this test to the circumstances of the times. A whirlwind has already gone forth Jeremiah 23:19. Had these false prophets stood in God’s secret “Council” (so in Jeremiah 23:22), they like Jeremiah would have labored to avert the danger by turning men from their evil way.
Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 23:18
Jeremiah 23:18
18 For who hath stood in the counsele of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?