Jeremiah 23:29 - Easy To Read Version My message is like a fire.” This message is from the Lord. “It is like a hammer that smashes a rock. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]? American Standard Version (1901) Is not my word like fire? saith Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Common English Bible Isn’t my word like fire and like a hammer that shatters rock? declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Are not my words like a fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer crushing rock? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Are not my words as a fire, saith the Lord, and as a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? |
Sometimes I say to myself,\par “I will forget about the Lord.\par I will not speak any more\par in the name of the Lord!”\par But when I say that,\par then the Lord’s message is like a fire\par burning inside of me!\par It feels like it is burning\par deep in my bones!\par I get tired of trying to hold\par the Lord’s message inside of me.\par And finally, I am not able to hold it in.\par
The Lord God All-Powerful said\par these things:\par “Those people said I would not punish them.\par So Jeremiah, the words I give you\par will be like fire.\par And those people will be like wood.\par That fire will burn them up completely!\par
I used the prophets,\par and made laws for the people.\par The people were killed at my command.\par But good things will come\par from those decisions. {\cf2\super [64]} \par
The two men said to each other, “When Jesus talked to us on the road, it felt like a fire burning in us. It was exciting when he explained to us the true meaning of the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [394]} ”
It is not the body that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The things I told you are spirit. And so these things give life.
They saw something that looked like flames of fire. The flames were separated and stood over each person there.
When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, {\cf2\super [41]} “Brothers, what should we do?”
To the people who are being lost, we are the smell of death that brings death. But to the people who are being saved, we are the smell of life that brings life. So who is good enough to do this work?
God’s word {\cf2\super [34]} (message) is alive and working. His word is sharper than the sharpest sword. God’s word cuts all the way into us \{like a sword\}. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God’s word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.
If a person tries to hurt the witnesses, fire comes from the mouths of the witnesses and kills their enemy. Any person that tries to hurt them will die like this.