Jeremiah 23


Jeremiah 23 is the twenty-third Chapters and [verses of the Bible|chapter] of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.

Text

The original text of this chapter was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 40 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 23 is a part of the Eighth prophecy in the section of Prophecies of Destruction . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Structure

The section headings for this chapter in the New [King James Version] are:
The Jerusalem Bible describes verses 1–8 as a "messianic oracle", and verses 9-40 as "a tract against the false prophets".

The Righteous Branch (23:1–8)

Verse 5

The ideal of a "great king reigning with justice and righteousness" was founded on the promise of God to King David:
"Branch" would later become a messianic title. The New Century Version paraphrases the title as "a good branch in David’s family".

Verse 6

  • "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" a contrast to the name of Zedekiah, meaning "The Lord is My Righteousness", whose rule is "a great misnomer" compared to the "true, righteous rule" by God's appointed king.

    The lying prophets (23:9–40)

Verse 30

  • "Says the Lord": from Hebrew נאם־יהוה, nə-’um-YHWH, literally "oracle of the Lord".
  • "My words": that is 'their own word that they claim is from the Lord'.

    Verse 31

  • "Says the Lord": from Hebrew "nə-’um-YHWH", "oracle of the Lord"..
  • "He says": from Hebrew נאם, nə-’um, without the qualifying name "the Lord" to suggest the 'delusive nature' of the false prophets' message, that 'they mislead people into believing that their message is from the Lord'.

    Jewish

  • Christian

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