Jeremiah 11:21 - Exposition

Prophesy not , etc. The men of Anathoth tried first of all to effect their object by threatening. In the name of the Lord should be rather, by the name , etc. The phrase is exactly parallel to Psalms 55:1 , "Save me, O God, by thy Name, and judge me by thy strength." The Name of God is equivalent to his revealed presence or personality. Baal's prophets prophesied "by Baal" ( Jeremiah 2:8 ), i . e . by an impulse thought to proceed from Baal; Jehovah's by the consciousness of his revealed presence.