Jeremiah Chapter 23 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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BBE Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
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DARBY Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like a fire, saith Jehovah; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
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KJV Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
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WEB Jeremiah 23:29

Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
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YLT Jeremiah 23:29

Is it not thus? My word `is' as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer -- it breaketh in pieces a rock.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - Is not my word like as a fire? As in vers. 19, 20, so here, the prophet contrasts the message of the false prophets with that of the true. The former flatter their hearers with promises of peace; the latter speak a stern but potent word, which burns like a fire, and crushes like a hammer. Observe, the prophet does not define the activity of the fire as he does that of the hammer; for the fire has a twofold effect - protection to God's friends and destruction to his enemies. On the figure of the hammer, comp. Jeremiah 1:23; 51:20.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Is not my word like as a fire? . . .--The prophet speaks out of the depths of his own experience. The true prophetic word burns in the heart of a man, and will not be restrained (Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 20:9; Psalm 39:3), and when uttered it consumes the evil, and purifies the good. It will burn up the chaff of the utterances of the false prophets. (Comp. 1Corinthians 3:12-13.) As the hammer breaks the rock, so it shatters the pride and stubbornness of man, is mighty to the pulling down of strongholds (2Corinthians 10:4), and the heart of him who hears it as it should be heard is broken and contrite. What these words paint in the language of poetry, St. Paul describes without imagery in 1Corinthians 14:24-25. (Comp. also Hebrews 4:12.) . . .