29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
29 Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
29 Isn't my Message like fire?" God's Decree. "Isn't it like a sledgehammer busting a rock?
29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the Lord, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
29 Does not my word burn like fire?" says the Lord . "Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?
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.