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Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Like a fire – God’s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and proves only the genuine metal. .

Like a hammer …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Is not my word like as a fire? ... —The prophet speaks out of the depths of his own experience. The true prophetic word b…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Borrowed sermons – pages of other people's experience – fragments pulled from old or new divines – nothing of their own, nothing that God ever said…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He confirms what he said about the chaff and the wheat, but in different words. It was a fitting comparison when Jeremiah compared God’s word to wh…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Is] not my word like as a fire? says the Lord The legal part of it is as fire; it is called a "fiery law", ([Reference D…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

People cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves?

Let them consider what a …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here, the prophet speaks of the other mode of deception: through dreams. Concerning this, there are three points.

  1. He begins by pro…

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