Jer 5:14, 23:29 | JFB | STEP | 14. ye ... thy ... this people-- He turns away from addressing the people to the prophet; implying that He puts them to a distance from Him, and only communicates with them through His prophet ( ). fire ... wood-- Thy denunciations of judgments shall be fulfilled and shall consume them as fire does wood. In it is the penetrating energy of fire which is the point of comparison.

‏ Jeremiah 5:14

14. ye ... thy ... this people--He turns away from addressing the people to the prophet; implying that He puts them to a distance from Him, and only communicates with them through His prophet (Jr 5:19).

fire ... wood--Thy denunciations of judgments shall be fulfilled and shall consume them as fire does wood. In Jr 23:29 it is the penetrating energy of fire which is the point of comparison.

‏ Jeremiah 23:29

29. As the "fire" consumes the "chaff," [Jr 23:28], so "My word" will consume the false prophets (Mt 3:12; He 4:12). "My word" which is "wheat" [Jr 23:28], that is, food to the true prophet and his hearers, is a consuming "fire," and a crushing "hammer" (Mt 21:44) to false prophets and their followers (2Co 2:16). The Word of the false prophets may be known by its promising men peace in sin. "My word," on the contrary, burns and breaks the hard-hearted (Jr 20:9). The "hammer" symbolizes destructive power (Jr 50:23; Na 2:1, Margin).