Jeremiah 23:30

Jeremiah 23:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor.

Context of Jeremiah 23:30

28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD. 29“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?” “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.” 31“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’” 32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:30 word by word

לָכֵ֛ן הִנְנִ֥י עַל־הַנְּבִאִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה מְגַנְּבֵ֣י דְבָרַ֔י אִ֖ישׁ מֵאֵ֥ת רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• beholdהֵןhên · look!H2005
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I am againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• who stealגָּנַבgânab · to stealH1589
• from oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• from oneאֵת'êth · withH854
• anotherרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• words they attribute to Meדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:30

• Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
• Jeremiah 44:11Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
• Leviticus 20:3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
• Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
• Deuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
• Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
• Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
• Ezekiel 13:8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
• 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30I am against the prophets - Three cases are mentioned here which excited God's disapprobation: The prophets who stole the word from their neighbor; who associated with the true prophets, got some intelligence from them, and then went and published it as a revelation which themselves had received, Jeremiah 23:30. The prophets who used their tongues; לשונם הלקחים hallokechim leshonam, who lick or smooth with their tongues - gave their own counsels as Divine…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Jeremiah gives in succession the main characteristics of the teaching of the false prophets. The first is that they steal God‘s words from one another. Having no message from God, they try to imitate the true prophets.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-32Verses 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 those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-32The Lord criticized and opposed the prophets who lied in his name.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. steal my words--a twofold plagiarism; one steals from the other, and all steal words from Jehovah's true prophets, but misapply them (see Jr 28:2; Joh 10:1; Re 22:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 23:30

• Dream
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• Prophets

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings