Jeremiah 23:24

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 been in my inner circle, they would have announced my words to my people. They would have turned back from their evil ways and the evil they have done. 23“I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away,” declares the Lord. “No one can hide so that I can’t see him,” declares the Lord. “I fill heaven and earth!” declares the Lord. 25“I’ve heard the prophets who speak lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ 26How long will these prophets continue to lie and deceive?

Jeremiah 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 49:10Yet, I will strip the descendants of Esau. I will find their hiding places. They won’t be able to hide. Their children and relatives will be destroyed. None of their neighbors will say,
• Genesis 16:13Hagar named the Lord, who had been speaking to her, “You Are the God Who Watches Over Me.” She said, “This is the place where I watched ⌞the one⌟ who watches over me.”
• Job 22:13You ask, ‘What does God know? Can he judge ⌞anything⌟ from behind a dark cloud?
• Job 24:13“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths.
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
• Psalms 90:8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
• Psalms 139:7Where can I go ⌞to get away⌟ from your Spirit? Where can I run ⌞to get away⌟ from you?
• Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere. They watch evil people and good people.
• Isaiah 29:15How horrible it will be for those who try to hide their plans from the Lord. Their deeds are done in the dark, and they say, “No one can see us” and “No one can recognize us.”
• Ezekiel 8:12God asked me, “Son of man, do you see what the leaders of the nation of Israel are doing in secret? Each of them is in the room where his god is, and each one of them is thinking, ‘The Lord doesn’t see me. The Lord has abandoned this land.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The wickedness of the nations of Israel and Judah is terrible. The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with wrongdoing. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land and that he doesn’t see.
• Amos 9:2Even if they dig their way into Sheol, my hand will take them from there. Even if they go up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.
• 1 Kings 8:27“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
• 2 Chronicles 2:6But who is able to build him a temple when heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold him? Who am I to build him a temple except as a place to sacrifice in his presence?
• 2 Chronicles 6:18“Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
• Isaiah 57:15The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.

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