Still - “ Continually.” This verse gives the chief test by which the false prophet is to be detected, namely, that his predictions violate t…

Imagination. —As before (Jeremiah 3:17 and elsewhere), stubbornness. The tendency of all that the false proph…

This is yet another mark of the false prophet. He always tries to smooth down the consequences of sin. "In the future state," he says, "sin may occ…

Jeremiah introduces another mark by which the false prophets might be known as different from the true prophets—they flattered the ungodly and wick…

They say still unto them that despise me. They despised the word, worship, and ordinances of the Lord; with such mockers …

The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…

1. Here, the prophet speaks of the various methods of deception.

First, he exposes them. Second, he addresses them summarily with the …