Jeremiah 23:27

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

25The Lord says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’ 26Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds. How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal. 28Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it! 29My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it!

Jeremiah 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 13:1Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,
• Acts 13:8But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
• 2 Timothy 2:17and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.
• 2 Timothy 3:6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.
• Judges 3:7The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.
• Judges 8:33After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.
• Judges 10:6The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him.
• 2 Kings 21:3He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 23:27

• Dream
• Forgetting God
• Minister, Christian
• Prophets

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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