Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them; so they do not profit this people at all, says the LORD.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The third characteristic. See Jeremiah 23:25.

Lightness—vain, empty, talk.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

False dreams.—The words may mean either actual dreams, which have nothing corresponding to them in the world of facts, or dreams w…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

See how severely God deals with the false prophets of Jeremiah's time; and he will deal with equal severity with any who preach or teach anything o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Jeremiah again returns to the false teachers, who were the authors of all the evils; for they fascinated the people with their flatteries, so that …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, says the Lord. And not true ones, such as the Lord spoke in to hi…

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, he recalls the three methods of deception.

  1. First, from a corrupt use of Scripture: who steal my words, as if to …

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