Jeremiah 29:23

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
committed	עָשׂ֨וּ 'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
villany	נְבָלָ֜ה ne.va.Lah	H5039	foolishness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל be.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
committed	עָשָׂה ʻâsâh	H6213	to do or make
adultery	וַיְנַֽאֲפוּ֙ vay.na.'a.Fu	H5003	to commit adultery · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
neighbours’	רֵֽעֵיהֶ֔ם re.'ei.Hem	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
wives	נְשֵׁ֣י ne.Shei	H802	a woman · noun, common masculine plural construct
spoken	וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ vay.da.be.Ru	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
lying	שֶׁ֔קֶר She.ker	H8267	an untruth · noun, common masculine singular absolute
words	דָבָ֤ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
name	בִּשְׁמִי֙ bish.Mi	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
commanded	צִוִּיתִ֑ם tzi.vi.Tim	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
know	הַיּוֹדֵ֥עַ hu.yo.de.a'	H3045	to know (properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
witness	וָעֵ֖ד va.'Ed	H5707	concretely · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
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

Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of e…
Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false…
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have…
Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Jeremiah 16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 29:8-9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neit…
Jeremiah 29:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto…
Psalms 50:16-18 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jeremiah, having given great encouragement to those among the captives whom he knew to be serious and well-affected, assuring them that God had very kind and favourable intentions concerning them, here turns to those among them who slighted the counsels and comforts that Jeremiah ministered to them and depended upon what the false prophets flattered them with. When this letter came from Jeremiah they would be ready to say, "Why should he make himself so busy, and take upon him to advise us? The Lord has raised us up prophets in Babylon, Jer 29:15. We are satisfied with those prophets, and can depend upon them, and have no occasion to hear from any prophets in Jerusalem." See the impudent wic…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:23

villainy--literally, "sinful folly" (Isa 32:6).

John Gill on Jeremiah 29:23

Because they have committed villany in Israel,.... Or "folly" (f); as the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them to death; though the Jews (g) have a tradition that they attempted the chastity of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter, for which reason he case them into a furnace; but rather it was on account of their prophesying immediate destruction to Babylon; and telling the captives that they should be delivered in a short time; and stirring them up to prepare to go to their own land; but the reasons here given are those which moved the Lord to deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon for their destructi…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 29:23

Jeremiah 29:23 23. Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have commited 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. 23. Propterea quod fecerunt (vel, patrarunt) flagitium in Israel, et scortati sunt cum uxoribus sociorum suorum, et locuti sunt sermonem in nomine meo mendaciter; quod (vel, quem sermonem) non mandaveram ipsis; ego autem sum cognitor et testis, dicit Jehova. We perceive why the Prophet mentions the cause of their death; it was, that the Jews might regard the event, not according to their own thoughts, but that they might feel assured that God took ve…

Dictionary and topics

Zedekiah · 3. A false prophet — 3. A false prophet

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 29:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 29:23

John Calvin on Jeremiah 29:23

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 29:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 29:23

John Gill on Jeremiah 29:23

John Calvin on Jeremiah 29:23

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 29:21-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 29:20-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 29:23