Introduction
A.M. 3405. B.C. 599.
In this chapter we have,
(1,) Threatenings of just punishment to careless princes, or pastors of the people, Jeremiah 23:1 , Jeremiah 23:2 .
(2,) Promises of future blessings; of the return of the Jews from captivity, and of happier times under better governors and pastors; of the glorious establishment of the Messiah’s kingdom; and of the subsequent restoration of all the dispersed Israelites, to dwell once more in their own land, Jeremiah 23:3-8 .
(3,) Jeremiah testifies the horror he felt within him on contemplating the wickedness of the priests and prophets of Judah, and the vengeance which God was about to execute upon them, for the corruption which had been diffused through the whole land, by the influence of their evil doctrine and example, Jeremiah 23:9-15 .
(4,) He exhorts the people not to listen to the words of the prophets that prophesied of peace, when evil was determined, and would infallibly take place; and charges those prophets with speaking from themselves, and not from the divine commission, Jeremiah 23:16-22 .
(5,) God asserts his omnipresence and omniscience; and reproves the audaciousness of the false prophets, who affected to place their own idle dreams on a level with the all-powerful and efficacious word of divine revelation; declaring himself against the several species of those impostors, Jeremiah 23:23-32 .
(6,) He requires all sorts of persons to desist from an indecency in common use, of styling his word a burden; and threatens severely to punish those who, in defiance of this command, should continue to cast such a slur upon it, Jeremiah 23:33-40 .
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