Jeremiah 23:18
New English Translation
18 Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord’s inner circle[a]
so they[b] could see and hear what he has to say?[c]
Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 23:18 tn Or “has been the Lord’s confidant.”sn The Lord’s inner circle refers to the council of angels (Ps 89:7 [89:8 HT]; 1 Kgs 22:19-22; Job 1-2; Job 15:8), where God made known his counsel/plans (Amos 3:7). They and those they prophesied to will find out soon enough what the purposes of his heart are, and they are not “peace” (see v. 20). By their failure to announce the impending doom they were not turning the people away from their wicked course (vv. 21-22).
- Jeremiah 23:18 tn The form here is a jussive with a vav of subordination introducing a purpose after a question (cf. GKC 322 §109.f).
- Jeremiah 23:18 tc Heb “his word.” In the second instance (“what he has said” at the end of the verse) the translation follows the suggestion of the Masoretes (Qere) and many Hebrew mss rather than the consonantal text (Kethib) of the Leningrad Codex.
Jeremiah 23:18
New International Version
18 But which of them has stood in the council(A) of the Lord
to see or to hear his word?
Who has listened and heard his word?
Jeremiah 23:18
King James Version
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
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