Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
I am against the prophets - Three cases are mentioned here which excited God' s disapprobation:
1.The prophets who stole the word from their neighbor; who associated with the true prophets, got some intelligence from them, and then went and published it as a revelation which themselves had received, Jeremiah 23:30.
2.The prophets who used their tongues; hallokechim leshonam , who lick or smooth with their tongues - gave their own counsels as Divine revelations, flattering them in their sins, and promising peace, when God had not spoken; and prefaced them, "Thus saith the Lord," Jeremiah 23:31.
3.The prophets who made up false stories, which they termed prophecies, revealed to them in dreams; and thus caused the people to err, Jeremiah 23:32.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Jeremiah 23:30:
Jeremiah 23:30
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