Jeremiah 23:20

Verse 20 of 40. The 23rd of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.

16Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

17They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

18For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

19Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

20The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

23Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 23:20 in the World English Bible

The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
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Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:20

This sentence is bound on as irreversible (v. 20): The anger of the Lord shall not return, for the decree has gone forth. God will not alter his mind, nor suffer his anger to be turned away, till he have executed the sentence and performed the thoughts of his heart. God's whirlwind, when it comes down from heaven, returns not thither, but accomplishes that for which he sent it, Isa. lv. 11.

Read Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:9–32: Guilt of False Prophets. (b. c. 600.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.