Verse 26
Jeremiah 29:26
World English Bible, British Edition
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“The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest,
that there may be officers in the LORD’s house, for every man who is crazy and makes himself a prophet,
that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְהוָ֞ה נְתָנְ/ךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן תַּ֚חַת יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן לִֽ/הְי֤וֹת פְּקִדִים֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה לְ/כָל אִ֥ישׁ מְשֻׁגָּ֖ע וּ/מִתְנַבֵּ֑א וְ/נָתַתָּ֥ה אֹת֛/וֹ אֶל הַ/מַּהְפֶּ֖כֶת וְ/אֶל הַ/צִּינֹֽק
English Translation
The LORD has appointed you a priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be in charge of the oversight of the house of the LORD for every man who is mad and prophesies, and you shall put him in the stocks and in the prison.
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Chapter 29 Context
1
Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from
Jerusalem to the residue o...
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2
(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes
of Judah and Jerusalem, the cra...
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3
by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah,
(whom Zedekiah king of Jud...
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4
The LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says to all the
captives whom I have caused to be ca...
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5
“Build houses and dwell in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.
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6
Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and
give your daughters to husba...
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7
Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away
captive, and pray to the LORD...
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8
For the LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets
who are amongst yo...
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9
For they prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them,” says
the LORD.
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10
For the LORD says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon,
I will visit you and perform m...
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11
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you,” says the LORD, “thoughts
of peace, and not of evi...
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12
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen
to you.
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13
You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your
heart.
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14
I will be found by you,” says the LORD, “and I will turn again your
captivity, and I will gather you...
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15
Because you have said, “The LORD has raised us up prophets
in Babylon,”
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16
the LORD says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning
all the people who dwel...
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17
the LORD of Armies says: “Behold, I will send on them the sword, the
famine, and the pestilence, and...
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18
I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver...
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19
because they have not listened to my words,” says the LORD, “with which
I sent to them my servants t...
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20
Hear therefore the LORD’s word, all you captives whom
I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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21
The LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son
of Kolaiah, and concern...
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22
A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who
are in Babylon, saying, ‘The LO...
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23
because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours’...
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24
Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying,
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25
“The LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says, ‘Because you have sent
letters in your own na...
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26
“The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest,
that there may be officers in the...
27
Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes
himself a prophet to you,
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28
because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long.
Build houses, and dwell in them...
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29
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah
the prophet.
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30
Then the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah, saying,
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31
“Send to all of the captives, saying, ‘The LORD says concerning Shemaiah
the Nehelamite: “Because Sh...
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32
therefore the LORD says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite
and his offspring. He will n...
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