Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord,.... And not true ones, such as the Lord spoke in to his prophets, and which they communicated from him to his people; see Num…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The third characteristic. See Jer 23:25. Lightness - Vain, empty, talk.
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.…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
vain boasting The Hebrew root, which is rather rare, denotes in the cognate languages impudent boldness.
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