Jeremiah 23:28

1 Corinthians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Luke 12:42; Matthew 24:45; Proverbs 14:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A dream ... faithfully - Rather, as “a dream”... as truth. The dream is but a dream, and is to be told as such, but God’s word is to be spoken as...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The prophet that hath a dream, let him (x) tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. (y) What [is] the chaff to the w...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he that hath, &c. Compare Ezekiel 13:7 . chaff . crushed, or chopped straw. Hebrew. teben.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We ought also to read this verse attentively, for doubtless it contains a doctrine especially useful. I have already said, that the faith of ma...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? sa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The prophet that hath a dream— "Let him propose his dream to those who are truly inspired, that they may judge whether the dream is from God, and t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. A remnant shall return.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The contrast between true and false prophecy. God's word contains nourishment and life. Other words are but as chaff, or, rather, straw.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let him tell a dream. — The point of the words lies in the contrast between the real and the counterfeit revelation. Let the dreamer tell his dream...
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...
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 f...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream ,.... These words are directed not to a true prophet of the Lord, that has a dream from him, or...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? sa...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 600. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A dream; not a Divine dream; a revelation which I have made to him in his sleep (as appeareth by the following opposition, betwixt a dream and th...
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, Jer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Rejects The Testimony Of The False Jerusalem Prophets And Reveals Himself As The All-knowing One), Condemning The Temple Prophets As False Drea...
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 mus...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 23:28 I. The human dream is empty, but the Divine word is substantial. Chaff is a mere husk, but wheat is all grain. So the antagonists o...
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 fa...
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...
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 pro...
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 ....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against the False Prophets
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream, frankly relating it as such, without indulging in extravagant assertions; and he that hath My W...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What is the wheat — There is as much difference between my will and their dreams, as there is betwixt the chaff and the wheat.

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dream,f let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 23:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 23:28