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Distinguishing Wheat from Chaff
Commentators unanimously explain that God draws a sharp, clear line between His divine Word and human inventions. False prophets are instructed to identify their dreams as merely dreams, while true prophets must speak God's Word with faithfulness and certainty. This establishes a critical distinction: God's Word is like nourishing wheat, while human ideas are like worthless chaff.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:28
18th Century
Theologian
A dream ... faithfully — Rather, as “a dream”... as truth. The dream is only a dream and is to be told as such, but God’s word is to be spok…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:28
19th Century
Bishop
Let him tell a dream. —The point of the words lies in the contrast between the real and the counterfeit revelation. Let the dreame…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 23:27–28
19th Century
Preacher
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:28
16th Century
Theologian
We ought also to read this verse attentively, for doubtless it contains a doctrine especially useful. I have already said that the faith of many mi…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:28
17th Century
Pastor
The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream
These words are directed not to a true prophet of the Lord, that …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 23:23–32
17th Century
Minister
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 …