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Jeremiah 23:27
27By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols 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 have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name. 26How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal. 28“Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between straw and grain! 29Does not my word burn like fire?” says the Lord. “Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?
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 13:1“Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles,
- Acts 13:8But Elymas, the sorcerer (as his name means in Greek), interfered and urged the governor to pay no attention to what Barnabas and Saul said. He was trying to keep the governor from believing.
- 2 Timothy 2:17This kind of talk spreads like cancer, as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus.
- 2 Timothy 3:6They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires.
- Judges 3:7The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot about the Lord their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
- Judges 8:33As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.
- Judges 10:6Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the Lord and no longer served him at all.
- 2 Kings 21:3He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens 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
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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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