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Empty Words, Empty Promises
God condemns false prophets for their "lies" and "lightness." Commentators explain this "lightness" as vain, empty talk—a "washy, everlasting flood" of babbling. It can also refer to their prideful boasting, rashness, or even their loose, immoral lifestyles that lead people astray. Their message lacks substance because it doesn't come from God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:32
18th Century
Theologian
The third characteristic. See Jeremiah 23:25.
Lightness—vain, empty, talk.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:32
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Jeremiah 23:32
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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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 23:32
17th Century
Pastor
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
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 …