“Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.”
The shift to the prophet's personal anguish at the falsehood of the prophets shows a movement from national judgment to the specific problem of false prophecy. Jeremiah's bones shake and his heart fails at the thought of the false prophets leading people astray. The intensity of the personal reaction shows how deeply the problem of false prophecy troubles the prophet. The verse shows that false prophecy is a central theological concern in Jeremiah's ministry.
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