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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 23:23 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 23:23 |
King James |
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Let not the false prophets fancy that their devices (Jer 23:25) are unknown to Me. Are ye so ignorant as to suppose that I can only see things near Me, namely, things in heaven, and not earthly things as being too remote? |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
At hand - Or, near. An appeal to the omnipotence of God in demonstration of the wickedness of the prophets. His power is not limited, so that He can notice only things close to Him, but is universal. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Am I a God at hand, - and not a God afar off? - You act as if you thought I could not see you! Am I not omnipresent? Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? Jer 23:24. |
25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.