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Unauthorized Spokesmen
The false prophets' core sin was speaking on their own initiative. Commentators explain that to "use their tongues" means they relied on their own human ability, not divine inspiration. They then attached God's authoritative seal, "He saith," to their own ideas, fraudulently claiming a message from the Lord when they had received none.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:31
18th Century
Theologian
That use their tongues - literally, that take their tongues. Their second characteristic. They have no message from God, but they take their…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:31
19th Century
Bishop
That use their tongues, and say, He saith.— Literally, that take their tongues. There is no adequate evidence fo…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 23:31
19th Century
Preacher
They have no hearts; they only use their tongues. They say, "He says," as if God had said to them something which he has never said.
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:30–32
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Jeremiah 23:31
17th Century
Pastor
Behold, I [am] against the prophets, says the Lord
Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those…
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 …