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Jeremiah 29:26

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 29:26

Verse 26 of 32

Scripture focus

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 himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:26 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 29:26

Theological / Devotional

Jehoiada. Some have suggested that he was replaced by Zephaniah because he did not support the policy of the party of revolt. Inasmuch as it was probably the duty of “the second priest” to preserve order in the Temple and to punish prophetic impostors, Shemaiah rebuked Zephaniah for his lukewarmness and timidity in the discharge of his office in that he did not suppress Jeremiah, who here gives the contents of Shemaiah’s “letters” (v. 25).

Every man that is mad. A scornful term frequently applied to pretenders (see 2 Kings 9:11; Hosea 9:7).

In the stocks. See on ch. 20:2.

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