Jeremiah 23:25

Jeremiah 23:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
• New International Version (NIV)“I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
• English Standard Version (ESV)I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!'
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

Context of Jeremiah 23:25

23“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord, “And not a God far off? 24Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord. “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’ 26How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart, 27who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?

Jeremiah 23:25 word by word

שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־אָֽמְרוּ֙ הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֛י שֶׁ֖קֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר חָלַ֖מְתִּי חָלָֽמְתִּי׃Read the interlinear

• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• the prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• have saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• prophesyנָבָאnâbâ' · to prophesyH5012
• falselyשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• in My nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• I hadחָלַםchâlam · to dreamH2492
• dreamחָלַםchâlam · to dreamH2492

Cross-references for Jeremiah 23:25

• Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not right; No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his course, Like a horse charging into the battle.
• Jeremiah 13:27As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
• Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.
• Jeremiah 29:23because they have acted foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness,” declares the Lord.’”
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.
• Luke 12:3Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
• Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
• Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
• Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 29:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream.
• Genesis 37:5Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
• Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream.
• Joel 2:28“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.
• Matthew 1:20But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 23:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25In Deuteronomy 13:1 “a dreamer of dreams” is used in a bad sense, and with reason. God communicating His will by dreams was a thing too easy to counterfeit for it not to be misused.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. 2525. dreamed--I have received a prophetic communication by dream (Nu 12:6; De 13:1, &c. Joe 2:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 23:25

• Dream
• Minister, Christian
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Course
• Righteousness
• Send
• Crime; Crimes
• Divination
• Micaiah
• Prophecy; Prophets
• 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