Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prophesy	נִבְּאֵ֞י ni.be.'Ei	H5012	to prophesy · verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural construct
false	שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ she.ker	H8267	an untruth · noun, common masculine singular absolute
dreams	חֲלֹמ֥וֹת cha.lo.Mot	H2472	a dream · noun, common feminine plural construct
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
tell	וַֽיְסַפְּרוּם֙ vay.sa.pe.Rum	H5608	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
people	עַמִּ֔י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
err	וַיַּתְע֣וּ vai.yat.'U	H8582	to vacillate · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
lies	בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם be.shik.rei.Hem	H8267	an untruth · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
lightness	וּבְפַחֲזוּתָ֑ם u.ve.fa.cha.zu.Tam	H6350	frivolity · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sent	שְׁלַחְתִּ֜ים she.lach.Tim	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
commanded	צִוִּיתִ֗ים tzi.vi.Tim	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
profit	וְהוֹעֵ֛יל ve.ho.'Eil	H3276	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
people	לָֽעָם la.'om-	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
all	יוֹעִ֥ילוּ yo.'I.lu	H3276	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
saith	נְאֻם ne.'um-	H5002	an oracle · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

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Cross-references

Lamentations 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have s…
Ezekiel 13:7-18 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Jeremiah 29:31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unt…
Zechariah 13:2-3 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall n…
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Deuteronomy 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:9-32

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly. The prophet had complained to God of those false prophets (Jer 14:13), and had often foretold that they should be involved in the common ruin; but here they have woes of their own. I. He expresses the deep concern that he was under upon this account, and what a trouble it was to him to see men who pretended to a divine commission and inspiration ruining themselves, and the people among whom they dwelt, by their falsehood and treachery (Jer 23:9): My heart within me is broken; I am like a drunken m…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 23:32

Third class: inventors of lies: the climax, and worst of the three. lightness--wanton inventions (Zep 3:4). not profit--that is, greatly injure.

John Gill on Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord,.... And not true ones, such as the Lord spoke in to his prophets, and which they communicated from him to his people; see Numbers 12:6; and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; by the false doctrines and prophecies which they delivered, and by their loose and disorderly lives which they led; so that they debauched the principles of the people by the former, and their practices by the latter. Kimchi interprets the word translated "lightness" of lightness of their knowledge; as if it was through the shallowness of their judgments, and want of capacity in teaching, that the people w…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 23:30-32

Jeremiah 23:30-32 30. Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. 30. Propterea ecce ego ad (vel, super) prophetas, dicit Jehova, qui furantur sermones meos, quisque a socio suo: 31. Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. 31. Ecce ego ad (vel, super, vel, contra) prophetas, dicit Jehova, qui mollificant (vel, tollunt) linguam suam, et dicunt, sermo (vel, dictio:) 32. Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefo…

Dictionary and topics

Divination — Of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are…
Dreams · False prophets: Condemned for pretending to — False prophets: Condemned for pretending to
Prophets · FALSE — FALSE
Prophets, False · Often pretended to dreams — Often pretended to dreams
Vanity · False teaching is but — False teaching is but

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 23:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:9-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 23:32

John Gill on Jeremiah 23:32

John Calvin on Jeremiah 23:30-32

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 23:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:9-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 23:32

John Gill on Jeremiah 23:32

John Calvin on Jeremiah 23:30-32

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 23:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 23:30-32

Rashi on Jeremiah 23:32