Jeremiah 23:31

He — That is, the Lord saith.

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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 tong...
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.
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

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 ;...
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 signifyi...
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.
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 haloqªch...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-4. A remnant shall return.
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 s...
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

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...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Guilt of False Prophets. B. C. 600. ...
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 t...
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...
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 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

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 30:10 ; Jeremiah 23:17 ; Micah 2:11

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 23:31

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

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 23:31