Jeremiah 29:27

29:26 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 himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh 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,

Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which makes himself a prophet to you?

29:28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

What does Jeremiah 29:27 mean?

Jeremiah 29:27 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גָּעַר (gâʻar), יִרְמְיָה (Yirmᵉyâh), עַנְתֹתִי (ʻAnthôthîy). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Now

therefore

why

hast

thou

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reprovedגָּעַרgâʻar/gaw-ar'/H1605to chide

JeremiahיִרְמְיָהYirmᵉyâh/yir-meh-yaw'/H3414Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites

Anathoth,עַנְתֹתִיʻAnthôthîy/an-tho-thee'/H6069a Antothite or inhabitant of Anathoth

which

maketh

himself

prophetנָבָאnâbâʼ/naw-baw'/H5012to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

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Commentary on Jeremiah 29:27

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 29:27

and to read the doom of divers of the neighbouring states and kingdoms: for he that is King of saints is also King of nations, and rules in the affairs of the children of men as well as in those of his own children. But the nations to whom these prophecies do relate were all such as the people of God were in some way or other conversant and concerned with, such as had been kind or unkind to Israel, and accordingly God would deal with them, either in favour or in wrath; for the Lord's portion is his people, and to them he has an eye in all the dispensations of his providence concerning those about them, Deut. xxxii. 8, 9 . The threatenings we find here against Babylon, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Tyre, &c., were intended for comfort to those in Israel that feared God, but were terrified and oppressed by those potent neighbours, and for alarm to those among them that were wicked. If God would thus severely reckon with those for their sins that knew him not, and made no profession of his name, how severe would he be with those that were called by his name and yet lived in rebellion against him! And perhaps the directing of particular prophecies to the neighbouring nations might invite some of those nations to the reading of the Jews' Bible, and so they might be brought to their religion. This chapter, and that which follows, contain what God had to say to Babylon and Babylon's king, who were at present little known to Israel, but would in process of time become a greater enemy to them than any other had been, for which God would at last reckon with them. In this chapter we have, I. A general rendezvous of the forces that were to be employed against Babylon, ver. 1-5 . II. The dreadfully bloody work that those forces should make in Babylon, ver. 6-18 . III. The utter ruin and desolation of Babylon, which this should end in, ver. 19-22 . The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 2 Lift ye up a banner up

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Jeremiah 50:2

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Jeremiah 51:27

Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

Jeremiah 51:28

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Jeremiah 51:58

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. The broad: or, The walls of broad Babylon broken: or, made naked