Jeremiah 23:28

Jeremiah 23:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 23:28

26But all their words are lies. Their messages are their own ideas. When will they stop deceiving people? 27They want to make my people forget who I am. They use their dreams to do this. They tell them to each other. They are as bad as their ancestors. They also forgot who I am when they worshipped the false god, Baal. If a prophet has a dream, he should say what it is. If a prophet receives a message from me, he should speak that message faithfully. But dreams are very different from my messages. Straw is not the same as wheat! 29A message from me is like a fire that burns things. It is like a hammer that breaks a rock into pieces.’ That is what the Lord says. 30‘I tell you that I am against those prophets! They say that they speak messages from me. But they are using each other's ideas.

Jeremiah 23:28 word by word

הַנָּבִ֞יא אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֤וֹ חֲלוֹם֙ יְסַפֵּ֣ר חֲל֔וֹם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר דְּבָרִי֙ אִתּ֔וֹ יְדַבֵּ֥ר דְּבָרִ֖י אֱמֶ֑ת מַה־לַתֶּ֥בֶן אֶת־הַבָּ֖ר נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• that hath a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• let him tellסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• and he that hath my wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• let him speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• faithfullyאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
• the chaffתֶּ֫בֶןteben · strawH8401
• to the wheatבַּרbâr bar · grainH1250
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:28

• Proverbs 14:5A faithful person will not tell lies in court. But someone who says false things, always deceives.
• Matthew 24:45Jesus then said, ‘You should be like a wise servant. Be someone that the master can trust. The master will choose a man like that. He will say to him, “Rule over my house and all my other servants. Give everyone their food to eat at the right time.”
• Luke 12:42Jesus replied, ‘Be a wise servant. Be someone that the master can trust. The master will choose a man like that. He will say to him, “I want you to rule my house and the other servants. Give them the food that they need at the right time.”
• 1 Corinthians 4:2Anyone who has that kind of job must do what his master wants. That is the important thing.
• 2 Corinthians 2:17Some people even tell God's message because they want to get a lot of money for themselves. But we are not like them. No, God himself has sent us to do this work. And he sees what we are doing. So we are honest and we speak God's message clearly, as Christ's servants should do.
• 1 Timothy 1:12I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has made me strong to serve him. He decided to trust me and he chose me to work on his behalf.
• 1 Corinthians 3:12People may build on this foundation with gold, silver or valuable stones. Or they may build on it with wood, dry grass or leaves.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord - Do not mingle these equivocal matters with positive revelations. Do not consider a dream, even from a prophet, as that positive inspiration which my prophets receive when their reason, judgment, and spiritual feelings are all in full and in regular exercise. Mix none of your own devices with my doctrines.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28A dream … faithfully - Rather, as “a dream” … as truth. The dream is but a dream, and is to be told as such, but God‘s word is to be spoken as certain and absolute truth. The dreams are the chaff, worthless, with nothing in them; the wheat, the pure grain after it is cleansed and winnowed is God‘s word. What have these two in common?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. 28The Lord temporarily let the false prophets share their dreams. Meanwhile, the Lord had his true messengers, like Jeremiah, proclaim every word. This helped people see the difference between the false prophets' useless dreams (straw) and the nourishing words of the Lord's messengers (grain); compare Psalm 1:3–4.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. God answers the objection which might be stated, "What, then, must we do, when lies are spoken as truths, and prophets oppose prophets?" Do the same as when wheat is mixed with chaff: do not reject the wheat because of the chaff mixed with it, but discriminate between the false and the true revelations. The test is adherence to, or forgetfulness of, Me and My law (Jr 23:27). that hath a dream--that pretends to have a divine communication by dream, let…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 23:28

• Chaff
• Dream
• Minister, Christian
• Wheat
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Chaff
• Course
• Righteousness
• Send
• Crime; Crimes
• Micaiah
• Prophesyings, False
• Stubble
• Uriah; Uruah

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