Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 23:17; Micah 2:11
That use their tongues - literally, that take their tongues. Their second characteristic. They have no message from God, but they take their tong...
Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, (a) He saith. (a) That is, the Lord.
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...
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 ;...
He adds, secondly, Behold, I am against the prophets, who mollify their own tongue Almost all interpreters take לקה, lekech, as signifyi...
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Use their tongues - rather, 'take' х haloqªch...
1-4. A remnant shall return.
That use their tongues, and say, He saith. — Literally, that take their tongues. There is no adequate evidence for the marginal rendering “that s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 600. ...
Some think the Hebrew words were more properly translated smooth their tongues : see the English Annotations. But the next words seem to assure us t...
Jeremiah's Diatribe Against The Prophets, Headed As ‘Concerning The Prophets' ( Jeremiah 23:9-40 ). Having set right the vision of the future, Jer...
YHWH Rejects The Testimony Of The False Jerusalem Prophets And Reveals Himself As The All-knowing One), Condemning The Temple Prophets As False Drea...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1-24 ; Jeremiah 22:1-24 ....
Against the False Prophets
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues and say, He saith, literally, "that take their own tongues and utter a divi...
He — That is, the Lord saith.
31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.