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CHAPTER 23:9-40
Condemnation of the False Prophets
_ 1. Jeremiah's lament on account of the false prophets (Jeremiah
23:9) _
2. The condemnation of these prophets (Jeremiah 23:15)
3. Forgotten and...
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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 6:13), even the Temple being dishonoured (2 Kings 21:5)...
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CAN... ?... DO... ? Figure of speech _E_ rotesis.
FILL. The Hebrew accent (" _Tiphcha'_ ") puts the emphasis on "fill"
(not on "earth"), denoting the fullness of the Divine presence which
no place ca...
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Jeremiah 23:9-40. Condemnation of the prophets
Following on the prophecies relating to successive kings of Judah, we
have a section dealing with the iniquities of a class who also
grievously misled t...
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See introd. summary to section. Here we again take up the thought of
Jeremiah 23:18....
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The connexion of thought has been variously explained. (i) The LXX
make Jeremiah 23:23 an affirmation, not a question. God, as
universally present, can never be at a distance, and this agrees with
Jer...
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DISCOURSE: 1061
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
Jeremiah 23:24. _Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall
not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the
Lord_.
MEN universa...
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3. _The methods of the false prophets_ (Jeremiah 23:23-32)
TRANSLATION
(23) Am I a God near at hand (oracle of the LORD), and not a God far
off? (24) Can a man hide himself in secret places that I am...
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Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith
the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
CAN ANY HIDE HIMSELF ... THAT I SHALL NOT SEE HIM? (, etc.; Amos
9:2...
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1-4. A remnant shall return....
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אִם ־יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּ †
מִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַ...
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CHAPTER VIII
BAD SHEPHERDS AND FALSE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 24:1
"Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My
pasture!"- Jeremiah 23:1
"Of what avail is straw instead...
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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 for the failure of the people, the false kings and
p...
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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 awful bitterness in the close of such a life! Proph...
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And that this is the meaning appears more clearly from the next verse,
which ought to be read in connection with this; _Will a man hide
himself in coverts, that I should not see him? _(106) This verse...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23.
On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord
would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the
Spir...
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CAN ANY HIDE HIMSELF IN SECRET PLACES THAT I SHALL NOT SEE HIM? SAITH
THE LORD,.... If a man should hide himself in the most secret and
hidden places of the earth, and do his works in the most private...
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_Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith
the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD._
Ver. 24. _Can any man hide himself in secret places?_] Hide he may Go...
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_Am I a God at hand and not a God afar off?_ Do these false prophets
imagine that I am only a God in some particular places, and that I
cannot see or know things done privately, or at a distance from...
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Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith
the Lord. It was a foolish idea to think that the all-knowing God
would not know his whereabouts. DO NOT I FILL HEAVEN AND EARTH?...
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AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
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23-32 Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never
see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what
a vast difference there is between these prophecies and th...
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Jeremiah 23:24 anyone H376 hide H5641 (H8735) places H4565 see H7200
(H8799) says H5002 (H8803) LORD...
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JEREMIAH'S DIATRIBE AGAINST THE PROPHETS, HEADED AS ‘CONCERNING THE
PROPHETS' (JEREMIAH 23:9).
Having set right the vision of the future, Jeremiah now turns on those
who had been distorting that visio...
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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 false shepherds, those who
profess to be sent of God to...
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CONTENTS: Future restoration and conversion of Israel. Message against
the faithless shepherds.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Woe be to those who are commanded to feed God's people and
preten...
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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 enforce the laws and protect the people. Shallum, and...
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_Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?_
GOD NIGH AT HAND
God is nigh at hand for judgment: the period of judgment, therefore,
need not be postponed until a remote age; every man...
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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 must have been written and proclaimed about the beginnin...
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EXPOSITION
The first eight verses form the necessary conclusion of the group of
discourses summarized in Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 22:1. Like Isaiah,
our prophet follows up denunciation with consolation...
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Now in chapter 23 God speaks out against those
Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture, saith the
LORD (Jeremiah 23:1).
God said, "They're My sheep, but these pastors are scattering...
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1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Amos 9:2; Amos 9:3;...