Jeremiah 23

Treated in 34 passages across the library.

  • 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name people will give him: "The LORD Is Our Righteousness." 14
  • 23:5 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise a righteous Branch for David. He will reign as king and rule with wisdom, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land. 4
  • 23:24 Can anyone hide in secret places where I cannot see them? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD. 4
  • 23:23 Am I a God who is only near, declares the LORD, and not a God who is far away? 2
  • 23:28 Let the prophet who has a dream tell it as a dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What does straw have in common with grain? declares the LORD. 2
  • 23:29 Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, like a hammer that smashes rock to pieces? 2
  • 23:4 I will set shepherds over them who will truly tend them. They will no longer be afraid or terrified, and not one of them will be lost, declares the LORD. 1
  • 23:9 Concerning the prophets: My heart is crushed inside me, and all my bones are shaking. I am like a drunk man, like someone overpowered by wine, because of the LORD and because of his holy words. 1
  • 23:11 For both prophet and priest are godless; even in my own house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD. 1
  • 23:16 The LORD of Armies says this: Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they are filling you with empty hopes. They speak visions that come from their own minds, and not from the mouth of the LORD. 1
  • 23:20 The anger of the LORD will not turn away until he has fully carried out what he has purposed in his heart. In the days ahead you will understand it fully. 1
  • 23:21 I did not send these prophets, but they ran anyway. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied all the same. 1

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  1. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Jer 23:24

    …the Father of spirits. God is also an omnipresent Spirit; he is present in all places. Jer 23:24. ‘Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.’ Therefore, being everywhere present…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Seventh Stage cites Jer. 23:4

    …he will also bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen them that are sick. Jer. 23:4; Ezek. 34:11-16. Here they will never want meat, drink, and clothing; here they will be…

  3. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites Jeremiah 23:5–6

    …And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness’” (Jeremiah 23:5–6). Greater than any other need is our need for righteousness. Most of the struggles and…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites Jer. 23:5

    …justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely,” (Jer. 23:5, 6). In Ezekiel also it is said, “I will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed…

  5. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Jer. xxiii. 5

    …of God of old, for their comfort, that God would give them a righteous, sinless Saviour. (Jer. xxiii. 5, 6.) “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will rise up unto David a righteous…

  6. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Trinity cites Jer 23:5

    …who is Jehovah, is become our Jesus. The Scripture calls him the branch of David, Jer 23:5, and I may call him the flower of our nature. ‘By him all that believe are justified.’…

  7. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Jer. xxiii. 6

    …that he is, he is mine.” Because he is righteousness, he is “The Lord our Righteousness,” Jer. xxiii. 6. Because he is the wisdom of God, and the power of God, he is “made unto us wisdom,”…

  8. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Jer. xxiii. 6

    …and desirable in hisDeity, and the glory thereof. He is “Jehovah our Righteousness,” Jer. xxiii. 6. In the rejoicing of Zion at his coming to her, this is the bottom, “Behold thy God!”…

  9. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Jer. xxiii. 6

    …77, Rom. iii. 25, 2 Cor. v. 19; and justification through an imputation of righteousness, Jer. xxiii. 6, Rom. iv. 5, 1 Cor. i. 30; — although these things are so far from being separated, that…

  10. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    The Righteousness of God cites JEREMIAH 23:6

    …safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. JEREMIAH 23:6 Reading the story with care Two cautions belong here. First, Luther told the story of his…

  11. The Key Teachings of George Whitefield · Ochorus Originals

    The Lord Our Righteousness cites JEREMIAH 23:6

    …safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. JEREMIAH 23:6 If the new birth was the doctrine Whitefield preached most often, the righteousness of…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 13 — The Unity of the Divine Essence in Three Persons Taught, in Scripture, from the Foundation of the World cites Jer. 23:6

    …of Jeremiah, “This is the name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,” (Jer. 23:6). For as the Jews themselves teach that the other names of God are mere epithets, whereas…

  13. They Were Young – Book 1: Called · Ochorus Originals

    Robert Murray M’Cheyne: A Brother Who Cannot Die cites Jeremiah 23:6

    …it in that hymn of 1834, which he titled “Jehovah Tsidkenu.” That is the Hebrew name in Jeremiah 23:6 which means “The LORD Our Righteousness.” In the prophecy, God promises a coming King…

  14. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites Jeremiah 23:6

    …whilst you live more closely with Christ. January 31 “The Lord our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:6) It will always give a Christian the greatest calm, quiet, ease, and peace, to think of…

  15. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Jer. 23:6

    …single passage of Jeremiah, in which it is said, that Jehovah will be our righteousness (Jer. 23:6; 33:16). But all he can extract from this is, that Christ, who is our righteousness, was…

  16. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    God Glorified in Man’s Dependence cites Jer. xxiii. 6

    …of Christ: he is made unto us righteousness; and therefore is prophesied of, Jer. xxiii. 6, under that name of “the Lord our righteousness.” In that the righteousness we are…

  17. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Lord Our Righteousness cites Jeremiah 23:6

    Jeremiah 23:6 — “The Lord our Righteousness.” Whoever is acquainted with the nature of mankind in…

  18. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Lord our Righteousness cites Jer. 23:6

    …Righteousness “This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.” Jer. 23:6. 1. How dreadful and how innumerable are the contests which have arisen about religion!…

  19. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Justification cites Jer 23:6

    …is the name whereby he shall be called,’ Jehovah Tzidkennu, ‘THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.’ Jer 23:6. ‘He is made to us righteousness.’ I Cor 1:10. This righteousness of Christ, which…

  20. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Justification! cites Jer. xxiii. 6

    …no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Cor. v. 21; Rom. x. 4; Jer. xxiii. 6.) There is something within a man, when his conscience is really awake, which whispers…

  21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.2 Repentance cites Jer 23: 9

    …is melted into water. This is done by the gospel, which is as a fire to ‘melt the heart.’ Jer 23: 9. The sense of abused kindness causes contrition. [2] Transformation, or change. ‘Be ye…

  22. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Jer 23: 11

    …presence is high great impudence. ‘Yea, in my house have I found their wickedness.’ Jer 23: 11. So the Lord may say, ‘In my house, while they are hearing my word, I have found…

  23. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 9 — Of Councils and Their Authority cites Jer. 23:16

    …you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord” (Jer. 23:16). Again, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly…

  24. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Jer. 23:20

    …not consider them: God has said, “In the last days they shall consider it perfectly,” Jer. 23:20. The revels of a drunken malefactor will not prevent nor respite his execution. Pardon my…

  25. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites Jer. xxiii. 21

    …they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.” Jer. xxiii. 21, 22. It is a marvel to me how men continue at ease in preaching year after year without…

  26. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Jer. 23:23

    …presence, for God is everywhere. This great truth is set forth in a remarkable way in Jer. 23:23, 24: "Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? (24) Can any hide…

  27. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Providence of God cites Jer 23:23

    …and occurrences. (1.) To all places. ‘Am I a God at hand, and not a God afar off?’ Jer 23:23. The diocese where Providence visits is very large; it reaches to heaven, earth, and sea.…

  28. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Jer 23: 24

    …is present, much more to bow down to the image of God when God himself is present. Jer 23: 24. What is the popish religion but a bundle of ridiculous ceremonies? Their wax, flowers…

  29. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On the Omnipresence of God cites Jer. 23:24

    Sermon 111 On the Omnipresence of God “Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.” Jer. 23:24. 1. How strongly and beautifully do these words express the omnipresence of God! And can…

  30. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Unity of God cites Jer 23:24

    …one God. There cannot be two infinites. ‘Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?’ Jer 23:24. If there be one infinite, filling all places at once, how can there be any room for…

  31. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites Jer. xxiii. 28

    …as the speech of God) to be distinguished from that of the wisest of men; agreeable to Jer. xxiii. 28, 29. God having there been reproving the false prophets that prophesied in his name and…

  32. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites Jer. 23:28

    …dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully” (Jer. 23:28). Surely God here declares the law to all, and it is a law which does not allow any one…

  33. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    The Word Alone cites JEREMIAH 23:29

    …word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? JEREMIAH 23:29 Scripture alone In the debates with Rome, this confidence took the form of a principle…

  34. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising cites Jer 23:29

    …the body of Christ; that we henceforth be no more children.’ The word is called a hammer. Jer 23:29. Every blow of the hammer is to fasten the nails of the building; so the preacher’s words…