Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
27So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 Kings 11:15Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to those who were placed in authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword, for he said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 16:10Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.
Jeremiah 20:1Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;
Jeremiah 29:27So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
Jeremiah 38:28So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen till the day when Jerusalem was taken.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:25-32
The Malice of Shemaiah; The Doom of Shemaiah. ( b. c. 596.) 24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord , for every man that is mad, and maketh… Read the whole commentary →