KJV King James Version
[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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
WEB World English Bible
Isn’t my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
ASV American Standard Version
Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Is it not thus? My word is as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer—it breaketh in pieces a rock.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 23
26 How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, [they are] prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
31 Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
32 Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
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Hebrews 4:12For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Jeremiah 5:14Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Jeremiah 20:9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not [stay].2 Corinthians 10:4-5(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Revelation 11:5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.John 6:63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.Acts 2:3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.Acts 2:37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?2 Corinthians 2:16To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
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