Jeremia 23:31

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Katso, minä käyn niiden profeettain kimppuun, sanoo Herra, jotka ottavat sanansa omalta kieleltään, mutta sanovat: 'Se on Herran sana'.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

use: or, smooth, Isaiah 30:10, Micah 2:11

He: Jeremiah 23:17, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:10-12, 2 Chronicles 18:19-21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:20 - the prophet 1 Kings 22:11 - Thus saith Lamentations 2:14 - false Ezekiel 13:6 - saying

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the Lord,.... Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and set his face on another occasion;

that use their tongues; at their pleasure, their lips being their own. So the Targum,

"who prophesy according to the will of their own hearts;''

talk in a haughty and insolent manner, speaking bold and daring things of the divine Being; or in a boasting bragging manner, extolling themselves, and speaking highly in their own commendations; or rather in a flattering way to the people: so some read it, by a transposition of a radical letter r, "that smooth their tongues", as Kimchi; or speak smooth things with their tongues, to please the people:

and say, he saith; that is, "the Lord", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions express it; that so they, night be the more easily believed by the people; but this was highly provoking to God, to father their lies and falsehoods upon him.

r הלוקחים "hic pro" המחליקים "qui lenificant linguam suam", Pagninus, Gataker; "sumentes blandam linguan suam", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That use their tongues - literally, that take their tongues. Their second characteristic. They have no message from God, but they take their tongues, their only implement, and say, He saith, using the solemn formula by which Yahweh affirms the truth of His words. Solemn asseverations seemed to give reality to their emptiness.