Jeremiah 23:9
in Jeremiah 23As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
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ASV
Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
KJV
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
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This verse in Jeremiah 23
Commentary
8 notes on this verseMine heart within me is broken because of the prophets,.... The false prophets, as the Targum rightly interprets it.
This site's exposition
As for the prophets: My heart
on Jeremiah 23:9-15
Jeremiah’s own body bears the message: “My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble,” like “a man overcome by wine.” The prophets of Samaria “prophesied by Baal,” but the prophets of Jerusalem “commit adultery and walk in lies” and are “all like Sodom to Me.”
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 9) My heart is broken within me (or within myself), all my bones tremble (or are trembling); I have become like a drunken man, like a man drenched (or overwhelmed) with wine, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of His holy words (or and before the face of the beauty of His glory).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Like a man - And he was even astonished and stupefied, and like a drunken man, at the apprehensions of the wrath of the Lord ready to be revealed against them, and considering also what words the holy God had put into his mouth, to speak against them.
2. " Because of the Lord, and his judgments, which by this means are brought in upon us like a deluge." He trembled to think of the ruin and desolation which were coming from the face of the Lord (so the word is) and from the face of the word of his holiness, which will be inflicted by the power of God's wrath, according to the threatenings of his word, confirmed by his holiness.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Because of the prophets - Rather, concerning “the prophets.” These words should come first, as being the title of this portion of the prophecy Jer. 23:9-40.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But Vulgate, Septuagint, &c., make this the inscription of the prophecy, CONCERNING THE PROPHETS: as in Jer 46:2; Jeremiah expresses his horror at the so-called "prophets" not warning the people, though iniquity so fearfully abounded, soon to be followed by awful judgments. bones shake-- (Hab 3:16). drunken--God's judgments are represented as stupefying like wine.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets - The first word of this clause is לנבאים lannebiim, which we incorporate with the whole clause, and translate, “Because of the prophets.” But as a new prophecy begins here, it is evident that the word is the title to this prophecy; and is thus distinguished both by Blayney and Dahler, Concerning The Prophets. This discourse was delivered probably in the reign of Jehoiakim. All my bones shake - He was terrified even by his own message, and shocked at the profanity of the false prophets.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לַנְּבִאִ֞ים | laneviim | of the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֧ר | nishbar | it is broken | H7665 → | 147 times |
| לִבִּ֣י | libi | heart my | H3820 → | 595 times |
| בְקִרְבִּ֗י | vekirbi | in inner being my | H7130 → | 227 times |
| רָֽחֲפוּ֙ | rachafu | they have become weak | H7363 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַצְמוֹתַ֔י | atzmotai | bones my | H6106 → | 126 times |
| הָיִ֙יתִי֙ | hayiti | I have become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כְּאִ֣ישׁ | keish | like a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| שִׁכּ֔וֹר | shikor | drunken | H7910 → | |
| וּכְגֶ֖בֶר | ukhegever | and like a man | H1397 → | 65 times |
| עֲבָ֣רוֹ | ʾavarov | [whom] it has passed over him | H5674 → | 556 times |
| יָ֑יִן | yayin | wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֣י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּמִפְּנֵ֖י | umipenei | and <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ | kadesho | holiness his | H6944 → | 469 times |
לַנְּבִאִ֞יםof the prophets
laneviimH5030 →314 times
נִשְׁבַּ֧רit is broken
nishbarH7665 →147 times
לִבִּ֣יheart my
libiH3820 →595 times
בְקִרְבִּ֗יin inner being my
vekirbiH7130 →227 times
רָֽחֲפוּ֙they have become weak
rachafuH7363 →
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עַצְמוֹתַ֔יbones my
atzmotaiH6106 →126 times
הָיִ֙יתִי֙I have become
hayitiH1961 →3559 times
כְּאִ֣ישׁlike a person
keishH376 →1663 times
שִׁכּ֔וֹרdrunken
shikorH7910 →
וּכְגֶ֖בֶרand like a man
ukhegeverH1397 →65 times
עֲבָ֣רוֹ[whom] it has passed over him
ʾavarovH5674 →556 times
יָ֑יִןwine
yayinH3196 →141 times
מִפְּנֵ֣י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּמִפְּנֵ֖יand <from> because of
umipeneiH6440 →2123 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃holiness his
kadeshoH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
it leads to
- Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 71:20
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Isaiah 51:17
Through
Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
it leads to
- Habakkuk 1:5–11
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- Daniel 10:8
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Jeremiah 45:3–5
You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
- Habakkuk 1:5–11
Through
Daniel 8:27I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
it leads to
- Daniel 7:28
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
- Daniel 7:28
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.