Albert Barnes Commentary Jeremiah 23:27

Albert Barnes Commentary

Jeremiah 23:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Jeremiah 23:27

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgat my name for Baal." — Jeremiah 23:27 (ASV)

To his neighbor - that is, 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.