God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 23:27
27They tell each other the dreams they had, because they want to make my people forget my name, as their ancestors forgot my name because of Baal.
Jeremiah 23:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
- New International Version (NIV)They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who think to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their fathers forgot my name for Baal?
- New King James Version (NKJV)who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
Context of Jeremiah 23:27
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? They tell each other the dreams they had, because they want to make my people forget my name, as their ancestors forgot my name because of Baal. 28The prophet who has a dream should tell his dream. However, the person who has my word should honestly speak my word. What does grain have to do with straw?” asks the Lord. 29“Isn’t my word like fire or like a hammer that shatters a rock?” asks the Lord.
Read all of Jeremiah 23Jeremiah 23:27 word by word
הַחֹשְׁבִ֗ים לְהַשְׁכִּ֤יחַ אֶת־עַמִּי֙ שְׁמִ֔י בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְסַפְּר֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁכְח֧וּ אֲבוֹתָ֛ם אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י בַּבָּֽעַל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Which thinkחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
- to cause my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- to forgetשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- by their dreamsחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
- which they tellסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
- every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- to his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
- as their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- for Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:27
- Deuteronomy 13:1One of your people, claiming to be a prophet or to have prophetic dreams, may predict a miraculous sign or an amazing thing.
- Acts 13:8Elymas, whose name means astrologer, opposed them and tried to distort the meaning of the faith so that the governor wouldn’t believe.
- 2 Timothy 2:17and what they say will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are like that.
- 2 Timothy 3:6Some of these men go into homes and mislead weak-minded women who are burdened with sins and led by all kinds of desires.
- Judges 3:7The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. They forgot the Lord their God and served other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judges 8:33As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel chased after other gods—the Baals—as though they were prostitutes. They made Baal Berith their god.
- Judges 10:6The people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil. They began to serve other gods and goddesses—the Baals and the Astartes—and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not serve him.
- 2 Kings 21:3He rebuilt the illegal places of worship that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He set up altars dedicated to Baal and made a pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah as King Ahab of Israel had done. Manasseh, like Ahab, worshiped and served the entire army of heaven.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Bay their dreams - Dreams were anciently reputed as a species of inspiration; see Numbers 12:6; 1 Samuel 28:6; Joel 3:1; Daniel 7:1. In the Book of Genesis we find many examples; and although many mistook the workings of their own vain imaginations in sleep for revelations from God, yet he has often revealed himself in this way: but such dreams were easily distinguished from the others. They were always such as had no connection with the gratification of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27To his neighbor - i. e., to one another, to the people about him, to anyone. As their fathers - Rather, “as their fathers forgot My name through Baal.” The superstition which attaches importance to dreams keeps God as entirely out of men‘s minds as absolute idolatry.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. 25-27The false prophets valued dreams highly. Claiming to have a dream supposedly gave their message authority. However, these prophets made up everything to lead people away from the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. They "think" to make My people utterly to forget Me. But I will oppose to those dreamers my true prophets. fathers ... for Baal--(Jud 3:7; 8:33, 34).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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