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The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Let him tell a dream. —The point of the words lies in the contrast between the real and the counterfeit revelation. Let the dreame…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream These words are directed not to a true prophet of the Lord, that …
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet speaks of the other mode of deception: through dreams. Concerning this, there are three points.
He begins by pro…
