Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 23:24
24Can a person hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” — the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” — the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 23:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the Lord; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 23:24
22If they had really stood in my council, they would have enabled my people to hear my words and would have turned them from their evil ways and their evil deeds. 23“Am I a God who is only near” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and not a God who is far away? Can a person hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” — the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” — the Lord’s declaration. 25“I have heard what the prophets who prophesy a lie in my name have said: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream! ’ 26How long will this continue in the minds of the prophets prophesying lies, prophets of the deceit of their own minds?
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:24 word by word
אִם־יִסָּתֵ֨ר אִ֧ישׁ בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים וַאֲנִ֥י לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הֲל֨וֹא אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֧יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲנִ֥י מָלֵ֖א נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Can anyאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- himself in secret placesמִסְתָּרmistâr · hidingH4565
- that I shall not seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- him? saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Do not I fillמָלֵאmâlê' · fullH4392
- heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- and earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:24
- Jeremiah 49:10But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his secret places. He will try to hide, but he will be unable. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors. He will exist no longer.
- Genesis 16:13So she named the Lord who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,” for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me?”
- Job 22:13Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness?
- Job 24:13The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.”
- Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Psalms 139:7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.
- Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the Lord. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
- Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
- Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; he does not see.’
- Amos 9:2If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
- 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
- 2 Chronicles 2:6But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him?
- 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed live on earth with humans? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
- Isaiah 57:15For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:24
- 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. 23-24The Lord showed how he differs from Canaanite nature gods. Pagan gods were part of nature and nearby. The Lord is near because he created nature, but he is also distinct from it. His essence is different from nature, yet he is present in all the heavens and earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. (Psa 139:7, &c.; Am 9:2, 3). fill heaven and earth--with My omniscience, providence, power, and essential being (1Ki 8:27).Read the comment
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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
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