Jeremiah 23:29
29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
Other Translations of Jeremiah 23:29
King James Version
29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
English Standard Version
29 Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
The Message
29 Isn't my Message like fire?" God's Decree. "Isn't it like a sledgehammer busting a rock?
New King James Version
29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the Lord, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
New Living Translation
29 Does not my word burn like fire?" says the Lord . "Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 23:29
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-32
(Read Jeremiah 23:23-32)
Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock; if not melted by the word of God as a fire, it will be broken to pieces by it as a hammer. How can they be long safe, or at all easy, who have a God of almighty power against them? The word of God is no smooth, lulling, deceitful message. And by its faithfulness it may certainly be distinguished from false doctrines.