Jeremiah 29:23

Jeremiah 29:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they have uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness to it,” declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. I am the one who knows, and I am witness, declares the Lord.'"
• New Living Translation (NLT)For these men have done terrible things among my people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have lied in my name, saying things I did not command. I am a witness to this. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Context of Jeremiah 29:23

21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22And because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”; because they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I know, and am a witness, says the Lord. 24You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Jeremiah 29:23 word by word

יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשׂ֨וּ נְבָלָ֜ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיְנַֽאֲפוּ֙ אֶת־נְשֵׁ֣י רֵֽעֵיהֶ֔ם וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ דָבָ֤ר בִּשְׁמִי֙ שֶׁ֔קֶר אֲשֶׁ֖ר ל֣וֹא צִוִּיתִ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֛י הַיּוֹדֵ֥עַ וָעֵ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because they have committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• villanyנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• adulteryנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
• with their neighbours’רֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• lyingשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• in my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• which I have not commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• them; even I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• a witnessעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:23

• Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,
• Jeremiah 23:14Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies; They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one turns back from his wickedness. All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
• Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,
• Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law.
• 2 Peter 2:10and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,
• Jude 1:8Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.
• Jeremiah 29:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
• Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?”
• Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
• Jeremiah 23:23“Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, “And not a God afar off?
• Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He ponders all his paths.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant.
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.
• Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
• Revelation 3:14“And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:

Commentaries on Jeremiah 29:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives - This is supposed to refer to the case of Susanna. See above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Villany - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Judges 20:6, unchastity.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-32Verses 20-32 Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of the Lord, to delude them into a false hope, was worse; but pretending to rest their own lies upon the God of truth, was worst of all. They flattered others in their sins, because they could not reprove them without condemning themselves. The most secret sins are known to God; and there is a day coming when he will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23Jeremiah sent a letter to the Hebrew exiles in Babylon. People read his letter many times in different settlements to reach all the scattered Israelites.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. villainy--literally, "sinful folly" (Is 32:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 29:23

• Adultery
• Sin
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Adultery
• Epistle
• Fool; Folly
• Jeremiah (2)
• Kolaiah
• Susanna, the History of
• Vile, Villany
• Zedekiah (1)
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 29

• 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