THEOSISJeremiah 29:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.
יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשׂ֨וּ נְבָלָ֜ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיְנַֽאֲפוּ֙ אֶת־נְשֵׁ֣י רֵֽעֵיהֶ֔ם וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ דָבָ֤ר בִּשְׁמִי֙ שֶׁ֔קֶר אֲשֶׁ֖ר ל֣וֹא צִוִּיתִ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֛י הוידע הַיּוֹדֵ֥עַ וָעֵ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 4:13Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.
- Jer 23:14And I have seen the likeness of adulterers, and the way of lying in the prophets of Jerusalem: and they strengthened the hands of the wicked, that no man should return from his evil doings, they are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
- Mal 3:5And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Jer 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
- Jer 29:8For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners deceive you: and give no heed to your dreams which you dream:
- Jer 29:9For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: and I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
- Prov 5:21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
- Jer 29:21Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, to Achab the son of Colias, and to Sedecias the son of Maasias, who prophesy unto you in my name falsely: Behold I will deliver them up into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon: and he shall kill them before your eyes.