Jeremías 23:24

24 ¿Puede alguien esconderse de mí en algún lugar secreto?
¿Acaso no estoy en todas partes en los cielos y en la tierra?
—dice el Señor
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Jeremías 23:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see
him? saith the Lord
If a man should hide himself in the most secret and hidden places of the earth, and do his works in the most private manner, so that no human eye can see him, he cannot hide himself or his actions from the Lord, who can see from heaven to earth, and through the darkest and thickest clouds, and into the very bowels of the earth, and the most hidden and secret recesses and caverns of it. The darkness and the light are both alike to him; and also near and distant, open and secret places: do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord;
not only with inhabitants, and with other effects of his power and providence; but with his essence, which is everywhere, and is infinite and immense, and cannot be contained in either, or be limited and circumscribed by space and place; see ( 1 Kings 8:27 ) . The Targum is,

``does not my glory fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord;''

both of them are full of his glory; and every person and thing in either must be seen and known by him; and so the false prophets and their lies; in order to convince of the truth of which, all this is said, as appears by the following words.

Jeremías 23:24 In-Context

22 Si hubieran estado en mi presencia y me hubieran escuchado,
habrían hablado mis palabras
y habrían hecho que mi pueblo se apartara
de sus malos caminos y sus malas acciones.

23 ¿Soy acaso Dios solo de cerca? —dice el Señor
—,
no, al mismo tiempo estoy lejos.

24 ¿Puede alguien esconderse de mí en algún lugar secreto?
¿Acaso no estoy en todas partes en los cielos y en la tierra?
—dice el Señor
.

25 »He oído a estos profetas decir: “Escuchen el sueño que Dios me dio anoche”. Y después pasan a decir mentiras en mi nombre.

26 ¿Hasta cuándo seguirá esto? Si son profetas, son profetas del engaño, pues inventan todo lo que dicen.