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Verse Jeremiah 23:13. _I HAVE SEEN FOLLY IN THE PROPHETS OF SAMARIA_]
This was not to be wondered at, for their religion was a system of
corruption....
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AND I HAVE SEEN FOLLY ... - Rather, “Also I have seen.” The
prophet contrasts the prophets of Samaria with those of Jerusalem. In
the conduct of the former God saw folly (literally that which is
insip...
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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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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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_folly_ lit. that which is tasteless, insipid (cp. cognate substantive
in Job 6:6 rendered "that which hath no savour"), hence moral
unsavouriness, unseemliness.
_prophets of Samaria_ They were simpl...
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I HAVE SEEN FOLLY— Jeremiah draws a contrast between the sins of the
prophets of Samaria, and of Jerusalem, and pronounces those of the
latter to be more enormous, because the former seduced the peopl...
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E. The Condemnation of False Prophets Jeremiah 23:9-40
The heading over Jeremiah 23:9 reads against the prophets. In this
section of the book which deals with national leaders past, present
and future...
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And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in
Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
I HAVE SEEN FOLLY - literally, insipidity unsavouriness () not having
the salt of god...
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1-4. A remnant shall return....
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I HAVE SEEN FOLLY... — Literally, as in Job 6:6, _that which is
unsavoury_ — _i.e., insipid,_ and so, ethically, _foolish._ The
guilt of the prophets of Samaria cannot be passed over, but it is
notice...
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וּ בִ נְבִיאֵ֥י שֹׁמְרֹ֖ון רָאִ֣יתִי
תִפְלָ֑ה...
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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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The Prophet is here representing the horrible state of false prophets,
and the awful termination of such conduct. A portion suited not only
to the days of Jeremiah but to all ages of the Church. Lord!...
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These two verses are to be read together; for there is no doubt but
that the Prophet here compares the false prophets, who had corrupted
God’s worship in the kingdom of Israel, with those in Jerusalem...
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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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AND I HAVE SEEN FOLLY IN THE PROPHETS OF SAMARIA,.... The ten tribes
of Israel, among whom, in Ahab's time there were many false prophets,
Baal's prophets, even four hundred and fifty; whose "folly" t...
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_I have seen_ Rather, _I saw_, namely, formerly, before I cast them
out of their own land; _folly_ Hebrew, תפלה, _stupidity,
infatuation._ The LXX. render it, ανομηματα, _iniquities_, or
unlawful acti...
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AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
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And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria, perversity and
absurdity, the teaching of insipid doctrines; THEY PROPHESIED IN BAAL,
insisting that they were inspired by this idol, AND CAUSED MY PE...
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FOLLY:
Or, an absurd thing, _Heb._ unsavoury...
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9-22 The false prophets of Samaria had deluded the Israelites into
idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem as
guilty of more horrible wickedness, by which the people were...
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There was a time when I saw _folly in the prophets_ that belonged to
the ten tribes, whose chief city was Samaria. The word translated
FOLLY signifies unsavoury, or an absurd thing. Our Saviour compar...
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Jeremiah 23:13 seen H7200 (H8804) folly H8604 prophets H5030 Samaria
H8111 prophesied H5012 (H8694) Baal H1168
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2). YHWH CALUMNIATES THE FALSE PROPHETS AND QUESTIONS WHAT THEY TEACH,
EXPLAINING WHAT THE RESULTS OF THEIR PROPHESYING WILL BE, AND
EMPHASISING THAT THEY WERE NOT SENT OR ENLIGHTENED BY HIM (JEREMIAH...
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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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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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2 Chronicles 33:9; Hosea 9:7; Hosea 9:8; Isaiah 9:16; Jeremiah 2:8...
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They prophesied — Pretending they had their instructions from Baal,
and so caused the ten tribes to err, which then were called Israel in
contradistinction to Judah....