Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord,.... The legal part of it is as fire; it is called a "fiery law", Deu 33:2; like fire, it is quick and piercing, and penetrating into the hearts and…

Like as a fire - God’s word is the great purifier which destroys all that is false and aves, only the genuine metal. Compare Heb 4:12. Like a hammer ... - God’s word rouses and strengthens the…

Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly.…

This v. supplies a further test of a genuine prophetic utterance, viz. penetration and power.

like as fire Cp. Jer 5:14 and note there. The conception is that "of the prophetic word as endowed with…