Jeremiah 23:23
“Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?”
— Jeremiah 23:23
About this verse
Jeremiah 23:23 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is Jerusalem. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the rhetorical_question genre of biblical literature. Key themes include omnipresence, Gods nature, transcendence immanence. Notable phrases: God at hand; God afar off. This verse contains prophecy.
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Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
worship
Type
rhetorical_question
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