Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
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Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
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Now therefore, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you,
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Jeremiah 29:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 16:3 They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16 As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”
- Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 29:26 “Yahweh has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in Yahweh’s house, for every man who is crazy, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
- Jeremiah 43:2-3 then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’ but Baruch the son of Neriah has turned you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.”
- Amos 7:12-13 Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: but don’t prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
- Matthew 27:63 saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 11:47-53 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs. If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.” Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
- Acts 4:17-21 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.” They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves, for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.” When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- Acts 5:28 saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
- Acts 5:40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- 2 Timothy 3:8 Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith are rejected.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved…
Jer 29:27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
Ver. 27. Now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved?] Or, Restrained Jeremiah? Alas! what had the righteous prophet done? He taxed their sin, he foretold their captivity; he desired it not, he inflicted it not, yet he must smart, and they are guilty. Zephaniah also is here blamed for his lenity, as bloody Bonner once was by the rest of the Popish bishops, who made him their slaughter slave.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He means it of an active, real reproof, as…
He means it of an active, real reproof, as appears by what went before; he would have had Jeremiah imprisoned, or put to that punishment which they called the stocks, the nature of which we cannot determine, concluding him to be but a madman, and one who was not made a prophet by any immediate mission from God, but had only made himself a prophet.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of…
Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth,.... Not by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to the people:
which maketh himself a prophet unto you? takes upon him such an office, though not sent of the Lord, as he would insinuate: this shows the haughtiness and insolence of the false prophets in Babylon, to assume such authority to themselves, to dictate to the high priest, as Kimchi takes him to be, or however the second priest, what he should do, and to rebuke him for not doing his office.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain of Anathoth--said contemptuously, as "Jesus of Nazareth."
of Anathoth--said contemptuously, as "Jesus of Nazareth."
maketh himself--as if God had not made him one, but he himself had done so.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 27. Jeremiah of Anathoth — This sounds almost like…
27. Jeremiah of Anathoth — This sounds almost like an anticipatory echo of “Jesus of Nazareth.” It sounds as if spoken contemptuously.
Maketh himself a prophet — In this sentence is concentrated all pharisaic bitterness. He is a sacrilegious pretender, called by himself and not by God.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. maketh himself a prophet] plays the part of…
27. maketh himself a prophet] plays the part of a prophet, acts excitedly, like the dervishes of the present day. Cp. 1Sa_10:10; 1Sa_10:12 f., 1Sa_18:10, 1Sa_19:20 ff.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Reproved; i.e. threatened with punishment.
Reproved; i.e. threatened with punishment.
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This finishes the letter by Shemaiah that he sent out to the people in Jerusalem.
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why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth ... against you?
Shemaiah uses a rhetorical question to scold the people of Jerusalem for not rebuking Jeremiah. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "I want you to rebuke Jeremiah of Anathoth ... against you." (See: Rhetorical Question)
he has sent to us
You may need to make explicit what it was that Jeremiah sent. AT: "he has sent a message to us" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit
See how you translated similar words in Jeremiah 29:5.
in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet
"so that Jeremiah the prophet could hear him read it." See how you translated similar words in Jeremiah 2:2.
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rebuke
life
fruit
Zephaniah
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