UYeremiya 23:16

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

16 Utsho uYehova wemikhosi ukuthi, Musani ukuwaphulaphula amazwi abaprofeti abaniprofetelayo; banenzela into engento, bathetha umbono wentliziyo yabo, ongaphumiyo emlonyeni kaYehova.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hearken: Jeremiah 27:9, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14-17, Jeremiah 29:8, Proverbs 19:27, Matthew 7:15, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Galatians 1:8, Galatians 1:9, 1 John 4:1

they make: Jeremiah 2:5, 2 Kings 17:15, Romans 1:21

a vision: Jeremiah 23:21, Jeremiah 23:26, Jeremiah 14:14, Ezekiel 13:3, Ezekiel 13:6, Ezekiel 13:16, Ezekiel 13:23, Ezekiel 22:28, Micah 2:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:28 - of mine Nehemiah 6:12 - God had Isaiah 1:1 - vision Isaiah 28:7 - err in Jeremiah 23:32 - to err Hosea 9:7 - the prophet John 10:1 - He Acts 15:24 - that certain 2 Timothy 4:3 - but 2 Peter 2:1 - there were

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you,.... Do not hear them; stop your ears at what they say; give no credit to them. The Targum is,

"do not receive the words of the false prophets that prophesy unto you:''

they make you vain; they filled their heads with vain and empty things, and their hearts with vain hopes, which deceived them; so the Targum,

"they deceive you;''

they taught them vain things, and made them vain and sinful in their lives and conversations; and therefore were not to be hearkened to:

they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the Lord; what they imagined they saw was a device of their own hearts, and what was agreeable to them, which must be bad enough; a produce of their own brains; an invention of their own; mere doctrines of men, and not such as come from the mouth of God, are his revealed will, and according to his word; and therefore not to be hearkened to; for nothing is to be heard and received, in matters of religion, but what is according to the revelation of God's will in his word; see Isaiah 8:20. The Targum is,

"they speak to you the wickedness of their hearts, and not by the word of the Lord.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How were the people to know the false prophets from the true? The former bring a message that fills with vain hopes, or “speak a vision” out of their own invention.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 23:16. Hearken not unto the words of the prophets — That is, of those who promise you safety, without requiring you to forsake your sins and turn unto the Lord; see Jeremiah 23:17.