Jeremiah 23:29

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27 who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, ^aas their fathers forgot My name for Baal.

28 “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 chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.

29 “Is not My word like a ^afire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

30 “Therefore behold, ^aI am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor.

31 Behold, I am ^aagainst the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’

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Jeremiah 23:29

Like as a fire - God' s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and aves, only the genuine metal. Compare Hebrews 4:12.

Like a hammer ... - God' s word rouses and strengthens the conscience and crushes within the heart everything that is evil.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 23:29:**

Daniel 3:21
Hosea 6:5
Acts 20:32
Romans 1:16

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