Yēlìmǐshū 23:31

31 Yēhéhuá shuō , nàxiē xiānzhī yòng shétou , shuō shì Yēhéhuá shuō de . wǒ bì yǔ tāmen fǎnduì .

Yēlìmǐshū 23:31 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 23:31

Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the Lord
Not another sort of prophets distinct from the former, or those that follow; but the same under another character, and against whom he was, and set his face on another occasion; that use their tongues;
at their pleasure, their lips being their own. So the Targum,

``who prophesy according to the will of their own hearts;''

talk in a haughty and insolent manner, speaking bold and daring things of the divine Being; or in a boasting bragging manner, extolling themselves, and speaking highly in their own commendations; or rather in a flattering way to the people: so some read it, by a transposition of a radical letter ^F18, "that smooth their tongues", as Kimchi; or speak smooth things with their tongues, to please the people: and say, he saith;
that is, "the Lord", as the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions express it; that so they, night be the more easily believed by the people; but this was highly provoking to God, to father their lies and falsehoods upon him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Myxqwlh) "hic pro" (Myqylxmh) "qui lenificant linguam suam", Pagninus, Gataker; "sumentes blandam linguan suam", Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 23:31 In-Context

29 Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒde huà qǐbù xiàng huǒ , yòu xiàng néng dá suì pánshí de dà chuí ma .

30 Yēhéhuá shuō , nàxiē xiānzhī gè cóng línshè tōuqiè wǒde yányǔ , yīncǐ wǒ bì yǔ tāmen fǎnduì .

31 Yēhéhuá shuō , nàxiē xiānzhī yòng shétou , shuō shì Yēhéhuá shuō de . wǒ bì yǔ tāmen fǎnduì .

32 Yēhéhuá shuō , nàxiē yǐ huàn mèng wèi yùyán , yòu shùshuō zhè mèng , yǐ huǎng yán hé jīnkuā shǐ wǒ bǎixìng zǒu cuò le lù de , wǒ bì yǔ tāmen fǎnduì . wǒ méiyǒu dǎfa tāmen , yĕ méiyǒu fēnfu tāmen . tāmen yǔ zhè bǎixìng haó wúyì chù . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

33 Wúlùn shì bǎixìng , shì xiānzhī , shì jìsī , wèn nǐ shuō , Yēhéhuá yǒu shénme mò shì ne . nǐ jiù duì tāmen shuō , shénme mò shì a . Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ yào piĕ qì nǐmen .