"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD."
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Verse Jeremiah 23:16. _HEARKEN NOT UNTO THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS_]
That is, of those who promise you _safety_, without requiring you to
forsake your sins and turn unto the Lord; see Jeremiah 23:17....
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How were the people to know the false prophets from the true? The
former bring a message that fills with vain hopes, or “speak a
vision” out of their own invention....
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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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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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a
vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
T...
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23:16 vanity; (b-22) Or 'befool you.' see ch. 2.5, and 2 Kings 17:15 ....
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1-4. A remnant shall return....
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THEY MAKE YOU VAIN. — i.e., _they befool, deceive you._ As the next
verse shows, they filled the people with vain hopes of peace. This was
then, as always, the crucial test between the true prophet an...
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כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֗ות אַֽל
־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ עַל ־דִּבְרֵ֤י הַ
נְּבִאִים֙ הַ נִּבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֔ם
מַהְבִּלִ֥ים
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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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not to the words of the prophets
that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their
own (n) heart, [and] not from the mouth of the LORD.
(n)...
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_Own. To rely on private judgment, and not on the Church, is a mark of
falsehood. (Worthington)_...
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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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What is here said must have appeared very severe, and must have
grievously offended the people; for Jeremiah forbade them to hear the
teaching of the prophets. He indeed concedes to them the name of
p...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, HEARKEN NOT UNTO THE WORDS OF THE
PROPHETS THAT PROPHESY UNTO YOU,.... Do not hear them; stop your ears
at what they say; give no credit to them. The Targum is,
"do not...
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_Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a
vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD._...
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_Thus saith the Lord, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets_
People are under no religious obligation to hear what is contrary to
the revealed will of God, or to obey those who enjoin things whic...
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AGAINST THE FALSE PROPHETS...
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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 m...
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People are under no religious obligation to hear any thing but the
revealed will of God, and are not to obey those that call to them for
what that doth not call to them; nor to listen to them, the sco...
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Jeremiah 23:16 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 listen H8085
(H8799) words H1697 prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 (H8737) worthless
H1891 (H8688) speak H1696 (H8762) vision H2377 heart H3820 mout...
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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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1 John 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Kings 17:15; Ezekiel 13:16; Ezekiel
13:23; Ezekiel 13:3; Ezekiel 13:6; Ezekiel 22:28; Galatians 1:8;...
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Hearken not — People are under no religious obligation to hear any
thing but the revealed will of God, and are not to obey those that
call to them for what that doth not call to them....