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Rather, “Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, even hot anger hath gone
forth and a whirlwind shall burst upon the head of the wicked.”...
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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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FALL GRIEVOUSLY. burst.
THE WICKED. lawless ones....
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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. These _vv_. agree substantially with
Jeremiah 30:23 f., and are probably introduced here from that passage.
They have no apparent connexion with the preceding or follow...
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2. _The message of the fake prophets_ (Jeremiah 23:16-22)
TRANSLATION
(16) Thus says the LORD of hosts: Do not hearken to the words of the
prophets who are prophesying to you. They are causing you to...
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Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a
grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the
wicked.
BEHOLD, A WHIRLWIND OF THE LORD IS GONE FORTH IN FURY - so f...
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1-4. A remnant shall return....
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BEHOLD, A WHIRLWIND... — Better, _Behold, the storm of Jehovah,
wrath is gone forth, a whirling storm, upon the heads of the wicked
shall it whirl down._ The word translated “whirlwind” is properly
mo...
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הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ סַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה חֵמָה֙
יָֽצְאָ֔ה וְ...
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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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The verse which I read at the end of my last Lecture must be now
repeated to you, _Behold, the tempest _(or _whirlwind_) _of Jehovah!
it shall go forth with fury; even the impending whirlwind! on the...
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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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BEHOLD, A WHIRLWIND OF THE LORD IS GONE FORTH IN FURY,.... Or,
"behold, a whirlwind of the Lord, of the fury is gone forth" b; which
latter clause explains the former; and, hews, that by "the whirlwin...
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Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous
whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
Ver. 19. _Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord,_] _q.d., _ Though th...
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_Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth with fury_ A severe
judgment of God, that shall resemble a whirlwind for the sudden and
utter destruction that it shall bring. The same word, סערה, is
el...
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AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
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Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous
whirlwind! or, "Behold a storm from Jehovah! Fury goes forth and a
whirling storm"; IT SHALL FALL GRIEVOUSLY UPON THE HEAD OF THE...
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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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A severe judgment of God, that should resemble _a whirlwind_, for the
sudden and utter destruction that it shall bring. See JEREMIAH
30:23,24. The same word is elsewhere translated a _storm_, Psalms
8...
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Jeremiah 23:19 whirlwind H5591 LORD H3068 forth H3318 (H8804) violent
H2342 (H8711) whirlwind H5591 violently H2342
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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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Amos 1:14; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 66:15;...