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For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
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The Source of True Prophecy
Scholars explain that "standing in the council of the Lord" means being part of God's inner circle, like a privy council where secret plans are shared. Jeremiah's question is rhetorical, exposing the false prophets who have no such access. Their message of peace is a human invention, not a divine revelation, because true prophetic authority comes from this intimate knowledge of God's will.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophet now applies this test to the circumstances of the times. A whirlwind has already gone forth (Jeremiah 23:19). Had these fal…
19th Century
Anglican
The counsel. —Better, perhaps, the council, the “assembly” of chosen friends with whom a man shares his secret plans. So …
Baptist
This is God's Word; he does not prophesy smooth things to the wicked, he does not promise slight consequences of sin, but a whirlwind and …
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah introduces another mark by which the false prophets might be known as different from the true prophets—they flattered the ungodly and wick…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord These are either the words of the Prophet Jeremiah; signifying that none of …
The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet speaks of the various methods of deception.
First, he exposes them. Second, he addresses them summarily with the …
