Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
As the "fire" consumes the "chaff" (Jeremiah 23:28), so "My word" will consume the false prophets (Matthew 3:12; Hebrews 4:12). "My word" which is "wheat" (Jeremiah 23:28), that is, food to the true prophet and his hearers, is a consuming "fire," and a crushing "hammer" (Matthew 21:44) to false prophets and their followers (II Corinthians 2:16). The Word of the false prophets may be known by its promising men peace in sin. "My word," on the contrary, burns and breaks the hard-hearted (Jeremiah 20:9). The "hammer" symbolizes destructive power (Jeremiah 50:23; Nahum 2:1, Margin).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 23:29:
Jeremiah 5:14
Jeremiah 23:26
Hosea 6:5
Revelation 11:5
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