30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
30 "Therefore," declares the Lord, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.
30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another.
30 "I've had it with the 'prophets' who get all their sermons secondhand from each other.
30 "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the Lord, "who steal My words every one from his neighbor.
30 "Therefore," says the Lord, "I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 23:30
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.