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Jeremiah 23:29

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“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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Jeremiah 23:29 in other translations

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 23:29 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 23:29 in context

  1. 27They intend to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they each tell his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name because of Baal.
  2. 28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
  3. 29“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
  4. 30“Therefore behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who each steal my words from his neighbor.
  5. 31Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’