New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 23:23-29

23“Am I a God who is 1near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off?24Can a man 2hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “3Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

25“I have 4heard what the prophets have said who 5prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a 6dream, I had a dream!’ 26How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the 7deception of their own heart, 27who intend to 8make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers 9forgot My name because of Baal? 28The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has 10My word speak My word in truth. 11What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord. 29“Is not My word like 12fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a 13hammer which shatters a rock?

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 23:23 Ps 139:1-10 ↩
2. Jeremiah 23:24 Job 22:13, 14; 34:21, 22; Ps 139:7-12; Is 29:15; Jer 49:10; Heb 4:13 ↩
3. Jeremiah 23:24 1 Kin 8:27; 2 Chr 2:6; Is 66:1 ↩
4. Jeremiah 23:25 Jer 8:6; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
5. Jeremiah 23:25 Jer 14:14 ↩
6. Jeremiah 23:25 Num 12:6; Jer 23:28, 32; 29:8; Joel 2:28 ↩
7. Jeremiah 23:26 1 Tim 4:1, 2 ↩
8. Jeremiah 23:27 Deut 13:1-3; Jer 29:8 ↩
9. Jeremiah 23:27 Judg 3:7; 8:33, 34 ↩
10. Jeremiah 23:28 Jer 9:12, 20 ↩
11. Jeremiah 23:28 1 Cor 3:12, 13 ↩
12. Jeremiah 23:29 Jer 5:14; 20:9 ↩
13. Jeremiah 23:29 2 Cor 10:4, 5 ↩

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