Jeremiah 23:25

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In Deuteronomy 13:1 “a dreamer of dreams” is used in a bad sense, and with reason. God communicating His will by dreams was a thing too easy to c...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I (t) have dreamed, I have dreamed. (t) I have a prophecy revealed to me...
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

I have dreamed. Thus catching the people's ears. Note Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah returns again to those impostors who soothed the people with their blandishments. Whenever Jeremiah and those who were like him, who f...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. The prophets ... prophesy lies ......
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

I have dreamed ] By repeating this formula they caught the ear of the crowd.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have dreamed... — The words point to the form of the claim commonly made by the false prophets. Dreams took their place among the recognised chan...
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

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. Ver. 25. I have dreamed, I have dreame...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have heard what the prophets say , &c. I am perfectly acquainted with what these prophets have thought and said, though they think I take no n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Visions and dreams were two usual ways by which under the law God made himself known of old to his prophets, making them sometimes, being awake, 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

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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

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

I have heard what the prophets said that prophesy lies in My name saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed, offering the dross of their own imagination...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:5 ; Genesis 37:5 ; Genesis 37:9 ; Hebrews 4:13 ; Jeremiah 13:27 ; Jeremiah 16:17 ; Jeremiah 23:28 ; Jeremiah 23:32 ; Jeremia...

²⁵ I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 23:25

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

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

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 23:25