“‘Let the prophet
Who has a dream
Tell the dream.
But let the one
Who has my word,
Speak my word faithfully.
What has straw
In common with wheat?’
Says Yahweh.
‘Is not my word
Like fire?’
Says Yahweh.
‘Is not my word
Like a hammer
That breaks
A rock in pieces?’”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, issued a series of oracles about the power of his word. If a prophet had a dream, let him tell that dream. However, anyone who had the word of Yahweh should also speak the word faithfully. Straw is dried up and useless, but wheat or grain is full of nourishment. The word of Yahweh was like fire or a hammer that could break any rock into pieces.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 