Jeremiah 23:28 (WEB)
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says the LORD.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“And so we read in Jeremiah, “What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 28.
Read the whole comment“If Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the prophets also and the apostles were by no means free from sin and if the finest wheat had chaff mixed with it, what can be said of us of whom it is written: “What is the chaff to the wheat, saith the Lord?”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 28.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, who steal my words every one from his neighbour, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their lightness.”” — editor's note: Jer. xxiii. 28, 30, 32.
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