Geremia 23:32

32 Eccomi contro a quelli che profetizzano sogni falsi, dice il Signore, e li raccontano, e traviano il mio popolo per le lor bugie, e per la lor temerità; benchè io non li abbia mandati, e non abbia data loro alcuna commessione; e non recheranno alcun giovamento a questo popolo, dice il Signore.

Geremia 23:32 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:32

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 ( Numbers 12:6 ) ; and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by
their lightness;
by the false doctrines and prophecies which they delivered, and by their loose and disorderly lives which they led; so that they debauched the principles of the people by the former, and their practices by the latter. Kimchi interprets the word translated "lightness" of lightness of their knowledge; as if it was through the shallowness of their judgments, and want of capacity in teaching, that the people were made to err by their false doctrines. The Targum interprets it of their temerity or rashness; and Schultens ^F19, from the use of the word in the Arabic language, explains it of their pride and false glorying; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them;
wherefore they lied, and acted a vainglorious part, when they pretended they were sent by him, and had their orders from him what they should say; see ( Jeremiah 23:21 ) ; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord;
so far from it, that they did them a great deal of hurt by their lies and flatteries; seducing them from the ways and worship of God, and leading them on in such as would issue in their destruction, and did.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Animadv. in Job. p. 144.

Geremia 23:32 In-Context

30 Perciò, eccomi contro a que’ profeti, dice il Signore, che rubano le mie parole ciascuno al suo compagno.

31 Eccomi contro a que’ profeti, dice il Signore, che prendono la lor lingua, e dicono: Egli dice.

32 Eccomi contro a quelli che profetizzano sogni falsi, dice il Signore, e li raccontano, e traviano il mio popolo per le lor bugie, e per la lor temerità; benchè io non li abbia mandati, e non abbia data loro alcuna commessione; e non recheranno alcun giovamento a questo popolo, dice il Signore.

33 Se questo popolo, o alcun profeta, o sacerdote, ti domanda, dicendo: Quale è il carico del Signore? di’ loro: Che carico? Io vi abbandonerò, dice il Signore.

34 E se alcun profeta, o sacerdote, o il popolo dice: Il carico del Signore; io farò punizione sopra quell’uomo, e sopra la sua casa.