Jeremiah 23:28

23:28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! ¹  I, the Lord, affirm it! ² 

Jeremiah 23:31

23:31 I, the Lord, affirm ³  that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, ‘The Lord declares….’ ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “What to the straw with [in comparison with] the grain?” This idiom represents an emphatic repudiation or denial of relationship. See, for example, the usage in 2 Sam 16:10 and note BDB 553 s.v. מָה 1.d(c).

² tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁴ tn The word “The Lord” is not actually in the text but is implicit in the idiom. It is generally supplied in all the English versions.